Chapter 78 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 78.9

अद्य रामं वधिष्यामि लक्ष्मणं च निशाचराः। शाखामृगं च सुग्रीवं वानरांश्च शरोत्तमैः॥

adya rāmaṃ vadhiṣyāmi lakṣmaṇaṃ ca niśācarāḥ| śākhāmṛgaṃ ca sugrīvaṃ vānarāṃśca śarottamaiḥ||

English Meaning

I shall slay to-day, O night-ranger, with my excellent arrows, Rama, Laksmana, Sugriva and all other monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)