न चातिक्रमितुं शक्यं दैवं सुग्रीव मानुषैः। यत्तु शक्यं वयस्येन सुहृदा वा परं मम।२८॥ कृतं सुग्रीव तत्सर्वं भवता धर्मभीरुणा। मित्रकार्यं कृतमिदं भवद्भिर्वानरर्षभाः॥ अनुज्ञाता मया सर्वे यथेष्टं गन्तुमर्हथ।
na cātikramituṃ śakyaṃ daivaṃ sugrīva mānuṣaiḥ| yattu śakyaṃ vayasyena suhṛdā vā paraṃ mama|28|| kṛtaṃ sugrīva tatsarvaṃ bhavatā dharmabhīruṇā| mitrakāryaṃ kṛtamidaṃ bhavadbhirvānararṣabhāḥ|| anujñātā mayā sarve yatheṣṭaṃ gantumarhatha|
English Meaning
But, O Sugriva, man cannot overrule Destiny. You, my friend, fearing righteousness, has done what lay in your power. And, You foremost of monkeys, you also have acted as become friends. Now, with my permission, go you whitersoever you are minded.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)