Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.12

अशोकवनिकामध्ये राजन् भीमवपुः कपिः। सीतया कृतसंवादस्तिष्ठत्यमितविक्रमः॥

aśokavanikāmadhye rājan bhīmavapuḥ kapiḥ| sītayā kṛtasaṃvādastiṣṭhatyamitavikramaḥ||

English Meaning

O king, in the heart of the aśoka wood there is a monkey of a terrific body, who, possessed of immeasurable might, stay, after having carried on a conversation with Jānakī.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)