सुग्रीवः शङ्कितश्चासीन्नित्यं वीर्येण राघवे || १-१-६३ राघवप्रत्ययार्थं तु दुन्दुभेः कायमुत्तमम् | दर्शयामास सुग्रीवो महापर्वतसन्निभम् || १-१-६४
nivedayitvaa abhij~naanam pravR^ittim ca nivedya ca | samaashvaasya ca vaidehiim mardayaamaasa toraNam || 1-1-74
Translation
"But Sugreeva remained ever doubtful with respect to Raghava, about Raghava's prowess. Sugreeva showed Dundubhi's big and great mountain-like dead body to gain confidence in Raghava... [1-1-63b, 64]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
b, 64. tu
But
sugriivaH
Sugreeva
nityam shankitaH aasiit
remained ever doubtful
raaghave
with respect to Raghava
viiryeNa
about [Rama's] prowess
darshayaamaasa
showed
dundubheH
Dundubhi's
uttamam
big
mahaaparvatasannibham
great mountain like
kaayam
body
raaghavapratyayaartham
to gain confidence in Raghava.
Chapter context
Narada briefs Valmiki about Rama and Ramayana in a nutshell
86 verses · Verse 63 of 86
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