Chapter 37 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 37.20

पूर्वद्वारं तु लङ्काया नीलो वानरपुंगवः। प्रहस्तं प्रतियोद्धा स्याद्वानरैर्बहुभिर्वृतः॥

pūrvadvāraṃ tu laṅkāyā nīlo vānarapuṃgavaḥ| prahastaṃ pratiyoddhā syādvānarairbahubhirvṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

Let that foremost of monkey, Nila, surrounded to by an immense number of monkeys, cope with Prahasta at the Eastern gate of Lankā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)