अहं त्वतितनुश्चैव वानरश्च विशेषतः। वाचं चोदाहरिष्यामि मानुषीमिह संस्कृताम्।।5.30.17।।
ahaṃ tvatitanuścaiva vānaraśca viśeṣataḥ. vācaṃ codāhariṣyāmi mānuṣīmiha saṃskṛtām..5.30.17..
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English Translation
"I am indeed of small size and that too a monkey. Nevertheless I shall speak in Sanskrit, a language of the common people. (as the she-demons cannot understand that language)."
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Word Meanings
अहं तु I too, अतितनुश्च small body, विशेषतः more so, वानरश्च a vanara, इह here, सम्स्कृताम् sanskrit language, मानुषीम् of human, वाचं च and talk in, उदाहरिष्यामि I will adopt.
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Source
Valmiki Ramayana
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Sarga 30
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368.17