Chapter 22 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 22.36

एवमुक्त्वोदधिर्नष्टः समुत्थाय नलस्ततः। अब्रवीद्वानरश्रेष्ठो वाक्यं रामं महाबलम्॥

evamuktvodadhirnaṣṭaḥ samutthāya nalastataḥ| abravīdvānaraśreṣṭho vākyaṃ rāmaṃ mahābalam||

English Meaning

Having delivered himself thus, Ocean disappeared. Then that foremost of monkeys, Nala, arising, spoke to the mighty Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)