Chapter 63 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 63.22

न चाप्यदृष्ट्वा वैदेही विश्रुताः पुरुषर्षभ। वनं दत्तवरं दिव्यं धर्षयेयुर्वनौकसः॥

na cāpyadṛṣṭvā vaidehī viśrutāḥ puruṣarṣabha| vanaṃ dattavaraṃ divyaṃ dharṣayeyurvanaukasaḥ||

English Meaning

O best of men, they are all well-known monkeys and without espying Vaidehī they would not have engaged in the destruction of that orchard conferred on us as a gift by the celestials.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)