Rāmāyaṇa · Sanskrit Story
The Alliance with Sugrīva
सुग्रीवेण मैत्री
वाल्मीकि रामायण — किष्किन्धाकाण्डः, सर्ग १–४ (c. 500 BCE) · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
मित्रं दुःखे परीक्ष्यते।
mitraṃ duḥkhe parīkṣyate.
“A friend is tested in sorrow”
Sugrīva's Fear
ऋष्यमूकपर्वते सुग्रीवः वानरैः सह अवसत्। सः वालिना पर्वताद् निष्काशितः आसीत्। सुग्रीवः दूरात् रामं लक्ष्मणं च दृष्ट्वा अभयत्। "एतौ वालिना प्रेषितौ स्याताम्।" सः हनुमन्तं दूतत्वेन प्रेषयत्।
On the Ṛṣyamūka mountain, Sugrīva lived with the monkeys. He had been driven out from the mountain by Vālī. Sugrīva, seeing Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa from afar, was afraid. "These two may have been sent by Vālī." He sent Hanumān as a messenger.
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