Chapter 34 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 34.37

सोऽहं दृष्टबलस्तुभ्यमिच्छामि हरिपुङ्गव। त्वया सह चिरं सख्यं सुस्निग्धं पावकाग्रतः॥

so'haṃ dṛṣṭabalastubhyamicchāmi haripuṅgava| tvayā saha ciraṃ sakhyaṃ susnigdhaṃ pāvakāgrataḥ||

English Meaning

Your prowess has been sufficiently displayed. But bow I wish, O king of monkeys, to make friends with you for ever before fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)