Chapter 9 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 9.11

यावत्सुघोरा महती दुर्धर्षा हरिवाहिनी। नावस्कन्दति नो लङ्कां तावत्सीता प्रदीयताम्॥

yāvatsughorā mahatī durdharṣā harivāhinī| nāvaskandati no laṅkāṃ tāvatsītā pradīyatām||

English Meaning

And before the dreadful, irrepressible and mighty monkey-host block up this Lankā of ours, do you give (back) Sītā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)