Chapter 37 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 37.58

भर्तुर्भक्तिं पुरस्कृत्य रामादन्यस्य वानर। नाहं स्पष्टुं स्वतो गात्रमिच्छेयं वानरोत्तम ॥

bharturbhaktiṃ puraskṛtya rāmādanyasya vānara| nāhaṃ spaṣṭuṃ svato gātramiccheyaṃ vānarottama ||

English Meaning

O monkey, being guided by my love for my husband, I do not like willingly to touch any body's person but Rāma's.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)