Chapter 30 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 30.17

किंप्रभाः कीदृशाः सौम्य वानरा ये दुरासदाः। कस्य पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च तत्त्वमाख्याहि सुव्रत॥

kiṃprabhāḥ kīdṛśāḥ saumya vānarā ye durāsadāḥ| kasya putrāśca pautrāśca tattvamākhyāhi suvrata||

English Meaning

O amiable one, what is their potency? And what are those monkeys that are hard to approach, like? And, O you of fair vows, whose sons and grandsons are they? Truly relate all this (to me).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)