Chapter 39 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 39.33

तस्य विक्रमसम्पन्न सत्त्ववन्तो महाबलाः। मनः संकल्पसम्पाता निदेशे हरयः स्थिताः॥ येषां नोपरि नाधस्तान्न तिर्यक् सज्जते गतिः। न च कर्मसु सीदन्ति महत्स्वमिततेजसः॥

tasya vikramasampanna sattvavanto mahābalāḥ| manaḥ saṃkalpasampātā nideśe harayaḥ sthitāḥ|| yeṣāṃ nopari nādhastānna tiryak sajjate gatiḥ| na ca karmasu sīdanti mahatsvamitatejasaḥ||

English Meaning

And exceedingly powerful and mighty monkeys possessed of prowess, and speeding far with the rapidity of thought, are in his command. Nothing can impede their courses, either upward, or downward, or tending in both directions, and those ones of measureless energy never experience depression in the most arduous undertakings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)