Chapter 35 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 35.11

किमर्थ वाली चैतेन सुग्रीवप्रियकाम्यया। तदा वैरे समुत्पन्ने न दग्धो वीरुधो यथा॥

kimartha vālī caitena sugrīvapriyakāmyayā| tadā vaire samutpanne na dagdho vīrudho yathā||

English Meaning

Why did not Hanumän, although wishing welfare to Sugrīva, reduce Vāli to ashes like so many creepers on the occasion of his quarrel with Sugriva?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)