Chapter 65 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 65.1

ततः प्रस्रवणं शैलं ते गत्वा चित्रकाननम्। प्रणम्य शिरसा राम लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम्॥ युवराजं पुरस्कृत्य सुग्रीवमभिवाद्य च। प्रवृत्तिमथ सीतायाः प्रवक्तुमुपचक्रमुः॥

tataḥ prasravaṇaṃ śailaṃ te gatvā citrakānanam| praṇamya śirasā rāma lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam|| yuvarājaṃ puraskṛtya sugrīvamabhivādya ca| pravṛttimatha sītāyāḥ pravaktumupacakramuḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon getting at the Mount Prasravana surrounded by a variegated forest, lowering their heads to the mighty Rāma and Lakşmaņa, placing before them their prince (Angada) and bowing to Sugrīva, the monkeys began to relate the story of Sītā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)