Chapter 76 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 76.53

तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा हरिगणाशरवृष्टिभिरर्दितान्। अङ्गदं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा भ्रातृजं प्लवगेश्वरः॥ अभिदुद्राव सुग्रीवः कुम्भकर्णात्मजं रणे। शैलसानुचरं नागं वेगवानिव केसरी॥

tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā harigaṇāśaravṛṣṭibhirarditān| aṅgadaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā bhrātṛjaṃ plavageśvaraḥ|| abhidudrāva sugrīvaḥ kumbhakarṇātmajaṃ raṇe| śailasānucaraṃ nāgaṃ vegavāniva kesarī||

English Meaning

Seeing those monkeys sore distressed by the shafts, the king of the monkeys, Sugrīva, in that conflict taking his brother's son on his back, rushed against the son of Kumbhakarna, even as a powerful lion rush at an elephant ranging on the slopes of a mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)