Chapter 67 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 67.32

साब्रवीन्मां ततो देवी नैष धर्मो महाकपे। यत्ते पृष्ठं सिषेवेऽहं स्ववशा हरिपुङ्गव ॥

sābravīnmāṃ tato devī naiṣa dharmo mahākape| yatte pṛṣṭhaṃ siṣeve'haṃ svavaśā haripuṅgava ||

English Meaning

Whereto she replied — 'This is not the pious course, O great monkey, O you the foremost of your race, that I shall, of my own accord, place myself on your back.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)