Chapter 65 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 65.35

नापराध्यन्ति मे कामं वानरा वनचारिणः। जातिरस्मद्विधानां सा पुरोद्यानविभूषणम्॥

nāparādhyanti me kāmaṃ vānarā vanacāriṇaḥ| jātirasmadvidhānāṃ sā purodyānavibhūṣaṇam||

English Meaning

But the wood-ranging monkeys have not transgressed anywise to the like of us. That species is the ornament of the gardens attached to our residences.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)