Chapter 64 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 64.12

शङ्के श्रुतोऽयं वृत्तान्तो रामेण हरियूथपाः॥ अयं च हर्षादाख्याति तेन जानामि हेतुना। तत् क्षमं नेह नः स्थातुं कृते कार्ये परंतपाः॥

śaṅke śruto'yaṃ vṛttānto rāmeṇa hariyūthapāḥ|| ayaṃ ca harṣādākhyāti tena jānāmi hetunā| tat kṣamaṃ neha naḥ sthātuṃ kṛte kārye paraṃtapāḥ||

English Meaning

O you leaders of the monkey hosts, I fear, Rāma has heard all about this. Dadhimukha relates everything joyfully and hence I infer this. And our work finished, O slayer of foes, it dose not behove us to remain here (any longer).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)