Chapter 64 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 64.25

अङ्गदस्य प्रहर्षाच्च जानामि शुभदर्शन ॥ न मत्सकाशमागच्छेत् कृत्ये हि विनिपातिते। युवराजो महाबाहुः प्लवतामङ्गदो वरः॥

aṅgadasya praharṣācca jānāmi śubhadarśana || na matsakāśamāgacchet kṛtye hi vinipātite| yuvarājo mahābāhuḥ plavatāmaṅgado varaḥ||

English Meaning

I (further more) infer this from Angada's joy, O you of auspicious presence. Without being successful in his mission, the large-armed prince, Angada, the foremost of the monkeys, would not have come to me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)