Chapter 14 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 14.3

यावन लङ्कां समभिद्रवन्ति वलीमुखाः पर्वतकूटमात्राः। दंष्ट्रायुधाश्चैव नखायुधाश्च प्रदीयतां दाशरथाय मैथिली॥

yāvana laṅkāṃ samabhidravanti valīmukhāḥ parvatakūṭamātrāḥ| daṃṣṭrāyudhāścaiva nakhāyudhāśca pradīyatāṃ dāśarathāya maithilī||

English Meaning

Therefore before the monkeys, resembling mountain peaks, having teeth for their arms and nails, for their weapons, subjugate Lankā, do you render Maithili to Dasaratha's son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)