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KISHKINDHAKANDA
 
Hearing the words of Sampati regarding
the destruction of Ravana, the delighted
monkeys came to the ocean, looking for-
ward to the sight of Sita.
 
आकाशमिव दुष्पारं सागरं प्रेक्ष्य वानराः ।
विषेदुः सहसा सर्वे कथं कार्यमिति ब्रुवन् ॥
 
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Looking at the sea which was as im-
possible to cross over as the sky, all the
monkeys were distressed saying 'how can
this be done'?
 
अनेकशतसाहस्रीं विषण्णां हरिवाहिनीम् ।
जाम्बवान् समुदीक्ष्यैवं हनुमन्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥
 
Looking well at the many hundreds of
thousands of the distressed army of the
monkeys, Jambavan said thus to Hanuman :
 
वीर वानरलोकस्य सर्वशास्त्रविशारद ।
तूष्णीमेकान्तमाश्रित्य हनुमन् किं न जल्पसि ॥
 
"0 Hanuman, hero of the world of
monkeys and expert in all sciences, why
are you sitting silently and alone, why
don't you speak ?