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[Sugriva narrates the fight between Dundubhi and Vali and explains how he has come to acquire knowledge of geogrphy of all quarters]

gatēṣu vānarēndrēṣu rāmassugrīvamabravīt.

kathaṅ bhavānvijānītē sarvaṅ vai maṇḍalaṅ bhuvaḥ৷৷4.46.1৷৷

Translation

vānarēndrēṣu when the monkey chieftains, gatēṣu had gone, rāmaḥ Rama, sugrīvam to Sugriva, abravīt said, bhavān you, bhuvaḥ of the earth, sarvam entire, maṇḍalam region, katham how, vijānītē do you know

When the chieftains of the monkeys left, Rama enquired Sugriva, how he had come to know the regions of the entire earth (which is a mandala. a circular form).