ततः then, राघवः Rama, सुग्रीवम् to Sugriva, इदम् these, वाक्यम् words, अब्रवीत् said, सुग्रीव O Sugriva, मम my, प्राणैः life, प्रिया प्रिया dear one, रौद्ररूपेण by the fiercelooking one, रक्षसा by the demon, कम् which,देशम् place, ह्रियन्ती taken, त्वया by you, लक्षिता is seen, ब्रूहि tell me

Then Rama said to Sugriva,.'Tell me, O Sugriva, to which region that fiercelooking demon has carried away my Sita, who is dearer than my life.