Chapter 20 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 20.26

नाघातयत्तदा रामः श्रुत्वा तत्परिदेवितम्। वानरानब्रवीद्रामो मुच्यतां दूत आगतः॥

nāghātayattadā rāmaḥ śrutvā tatparidevitam| vānarānabravīdrāmo mucyatāṃ dūta āgataḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing this pitiful cry, Rāma prevented (the monkeys); and he said to them, Let go this envoy, who has come here.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)