Chapter 59 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 59.23

रामसुग्रीवसख्यं च श्रुत्वा प्रीतिमुपागता। नियतः समुदाचारो भक्तिभर्तरि चोत्तमा॥ यन्न हन्ति दशग्रीवं स महात्मा दशाननः। निमित्तमात्रं रामस्तु वधे तस्य भविष्यति ॥

rāmasugrīvasakhyaṃ ca śrutvā prītimupāgatā| niyataḥ samudācāro bhaktibhartari cottamā|| yanna hanti daśagrīvaṃ sa mahātmā daśānanaḥ| nimittamātraṃ rāmastu vadhe tasya bhaviṣyati ||

English Meaning

And hearing of the friendship between Rāma and Sugrīva she attained to an excess of delight. She is well behaved and devoted to her lord per excellence and blessed is the high-souled and ten-necked demon that she has not destroyed him (yet). And Rama shall become an instrument only in in bringing about his destruction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)