Chapter 18 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 18.19

स सुग्रीवस्य तद्वाक्यं रामः श्रुत्वा विमृश्य च। ततः शुभतरं वाक्यमुवाच हरिपुङ्गवम्॥

sa sugrīvasya tadvākyaṃ rāmaḥ śrutvā vimṛśya ca| tataḥ śubhataraṃ vākyamuvāca haripuṅgavam||

English Meaning

Hearing the words of Sugrīva, and weighing them, Rāma again addressed the foremost of monkeys with more reasonable accents.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)