Chapter 125 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 125

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 125.4

शृङ्गवेरपुरं प्राप्य गुहं गहनगोचरम्। निषादाधिपतिं ब्रूहि कुशलं वचनान्मम्॥

śṛṅgaverapuraṃ prāpya guhaṃ gahanagocaram| niṣādādhipatiṃ brūhi kuśalaṃ vacanānmam||

English Meaning

Arriving at the city of Śộngavera, do you communicate to Guha, the king of Nişādas* having the forest as his kingdom, my well-being, at my command. *A low cast aboriginal Hindu corresponding to our Cāņdālas always living in the forest. The Raja of Ramnud in the district of Madura in Madras traces his descent from this Guha.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)