Chapter 20 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 20.14

शुकस्य वचनं रामः श्रुत्वा तु परिदेवितम्। उवाच मावधिष्टेति घ्नतः शाखामृगर्षभान्॥१९

śukasya vacanaṃ rāmaḥ śrutvā tu paridevitam| uvāca māvadhiṣṭeti ghnataḥ śākhāmṛgarṣabhān||19

English Meaning

Hearing the piteous accents of Suka, Rama spoke to the monkeys, who were about to kill him, saying, Do not kill him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)