Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.34

तेषां सेनापतिर्वीरो नीलो वानरपुंगवः। संयतश्चरतां श्रेष्ठस्तद्बलं पर्यवारयत्॥

teṣāṃ senāpatirvīro nīlo vānarapuṃgavaḥ| saṃyataścaratāṃ śreṣṭhastadbalaṃ paryavārayat||

English Meaning

That foremost of rangers possessed of excellence, and of restrained senses, the heroic Nīla, general (of the army), kept going round the ranks.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)