Chapter 35 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 35.12

नहि वेदितवान्मन्ये हनूमानात्मनो बलम्। यदृष्टवाञ्जीवितेष्टं क्लिश्यन्तं वानराधिपम्॥

nahi veditavānmanye hanūmānātmano balam| yadṛṣṭavāñjīviteṣṭaṃ kliśyantaṃ vānarādhipam||

English Meaning

Methinks, Hanuman was not cognisant of his own prowess then? And therefore he did stood to witness the miseries of Sugrīva— the king of monkeys who was dearer than his life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)