Chapter 64 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 64.8

मौात्पूर्वं कृतो रोषस्तद् भवान् क्षन्तुमर्हति । यथैव हि पिता तेऽभूत् पूर्वं हरिगणेश्वरः॥ तथा त्वमपि सुग्रीवो नान्यस्तु हरिसत्तम।

mauātpūrvaṃ kṛto roṣastad bhavān kṣantumarhati | yathaiva hi pitā te'bhūt pūrvaṃ harigaṇeśvaraḥ|| tathā tvamapi sugrīvo nānyastu harisattama|

English Meaning

It behove you to forgive us for our wrath arising out of ignorance. Like to your sire before, yourself and Sugrīva are the lords of these monkey hosts, O you foremost of them and none else.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)