Chapter 40 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 40.1

तथा स्म तेषां वसतामृक्षवानररक्षसाम्। राघवस्तु महातेजाः सुग्रीवमिदमब्रवीत्॥

tathā sma teṣāṃ vasatāmṛkṣavānararakṣasām| rāghavastu mahātejāḥ sugrīvamidamabravīt||

English Meaning

In this wise, the monkeys, bears and Rākşasas spent their days in Ayodhyä. Thereupon the highly effulgent Rāma, the descendant of Raghu said to Sugrīva.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)