Chapter 56 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 56.26

स मारुत इवाकाशं मारुतस्यात्मसम्भवः॥ प्रपेदे हरिशार्दूलो दक्षिणादुत्तरां दिशम्।

sa māruta ivākāśaṃ mārutasyātmasambhavaḥ|| prapede hariśārdūlo dakṣiṇāduttarāṃ diśam|

English Meaning

And that foremost of monkeys, offspring of the Wind-god, (Māruta—this term is used twice in this Sloka, once for Hanumān, and next for the Wind-god. One of these is left out on the score of redundency) (mentally) went from the south to the north, as if it were the air.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)