Chapter 57 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 57.9

चपला ह्यविनाताश्च चलचित्ताश्च वानराः। न सहिष्यन्ति ते नादं सिंहनादमिव द्विषा:॥

capalā hyavinātāśca calacittāśca vānarāḥ| na sahiṣyanti te nādaṃ siṃhanādamiva dviṣā:||

English Meaning

And volatile and haughty and of fickle minds, the monkeys will not be able to bear your shouts; even as elephants are incapable of bearing the roaring of a lion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)