Chapter 58 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 58.70

तस्यास्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा अहमप्यब्रुवं वचः॥ देवि रामस्य भर्तुस्ते सहायो भीमविक्रमः। सुग्रीवो नाम विक्रान्तो वानरेन्द्रो महाबलः॥

tasyāstad vacanaṃ śrutvā ahamapyabruvaṃ vacaḥ|| devi rāmasya bhartuste sahāyo bhīmavikramaḥ| sugrīvo nāma vikrānto vānarendro mahābalaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing her speech, I too said, O revered one, your husband, Rāma, has found a helpmate in a one endowed with terrific strength, named Sugrīva— redoubtable, the highly powerful lord of the monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)