Chapter 4 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 4.9

अग्रे यातु बलस्यास्य नीलो मार्गमवेक्षितुम्। वृतः शतसहस्रेण वानराणां तरस्विनाम्॥

agre yātu balasyāsya nīlo mārgamavekṣitum| vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām||

English Meaning

Surrounded by hundreds and thousands of fast-speeding monkeys, let Nīla go ahead of this force, for surveying the route.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)