Chapter 37 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 37.25

न चैव मानुषं रूपं कार्य हरिभिराहवे। एषा भवतु नः संज्ञा युद्धेऽस्मिन्वानरे बले॥ वानरा एव नश्चिहूं स्वजनेऽस्मिन्भविष्यति। वयं तु मानुषेणेव सप्त योत्स्यामहे परान्॥

na caiva mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ kārya haribhirāhave| eṣā bhavatu naḥ saṃjñā yuddhe'sminvānare bale|| vānarā eva naścihūṃ svajane'sminbhaviṣyati| vayaṃ tu mānuṣeṇeva sapta yotsyāmahe parān||

English Meaning

In this battle, the monkeys need not assume the forms of human being. And let this serve for a sign that the monkeys, in order to the recognition of our own forces, appear with their proper monkey-marks. We seven only shall battle with the foe in human shapes, viz.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)