Chapter 6 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 6.5

इत्युक्तस्तु सुरैः सर्वैः कपर्दी नीललोहितः। सुकेशं प्रति सापेक्षः प्राह देवगणान्प्रभुः॥

ityuktastu suraiḥ sarvaiḥ kapardī nīlalohitaḥ| sukeśaṃ prati sāpekṣaḥ prāha devagaṇānprabhuḥ||

English Meaning

Thus addressed by the immortals in a body, that lord, Kaparddi of red-blue hue, reflecting that it would be wrong for him to destroy Sukesa (with his own hands), spoke to the gods.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)