Chapter 127 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 127

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 127.28

सुषेणं च नलं चैव गवाक्षं गन्धमादनम्। शरभं पनसं चैव परितः परिषस्वजे॥ ते कृत्वा मानुषं रूपं वानराः कामरूपिणः। कुशलं पर्यपृच्छंस्ते प्रहृष्टा भरतं तदा॥

suṣeṇaṃ ca nalaṃ caiva gavākṣaṃ gandhamādanam| śarabhaṃ panasaṃ caiva paritaḥ pariṣasvaje|| te kṛtvā mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ vānarāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ| kuśalaṃ paryapṛcchaṃste prahṛṣṭā bharataṃ tadā||

English Meaning

He then embraced Sușeņa, Nala, Gavākşa, Gandhamadana, Sarabha, and Panasa. And assuming human shapes, those monkeys, assuming shapes at will, delightedly enquired after Bharata's well being.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)