Chapter 35 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 35.10

हनूमान्यदि मे न स्याद्वानराधिपतेः सखा। प्रवृत्तिमपि को वेत्तुं जानक्याः शक्तिमान्भवेत्।।१०

hanūmānyadi me na syādvānarādhipateḥ sakhā| pravṛttimapi ko vettuṃ jānakyāḥ śaktimānbhavet||10

English Meaning

What more, had not Hanumăn, the friend of the king of monkeys-Sugrīva, been in my company who could have brought Sītā intelligence?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)