Chapter 48 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 48.51

कोऽयं कस्य कुतो वापि किंकार्यं कोऽभ्युपाश्रयः। इति राक्षसवीराणां दृष्ट्वा संजज्ञिरे कथाः॥

ko'yaṃ kasya kuto vāpi kiṃkāryaṃ ko'bhyupāśrayaḥ| iti rākṣasavīrāṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃjajñire kathāḥ||

English Meaning

“Who is he? And whose son? And where from? And what's his errand? And by whom is he backed?” Thus did the heroic Rākşasas converse on beholding Hanumān.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)