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KISHKINDHAKANDA
 
269
 
Hearing the words of Sampati regarding
the destruction of Ravana, the delighted
monkeys came to the ocean, looking
forward to the sight of Sita.
 
आकाशमिव दुष्पारं सागरं प्रेक्ष्य वानराः ।
विषेदुः सहसा सर्वे कथं कार्यमिति ब्रुवन् ।
 
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 '?
 
अनेकशतसाहसी विषण्णां हरिवाहिनीम् ।
जाम्बवान् समुदीक्ष्यैवं हनुमन्त थाब्रवीत् ॥
 
Looking well at the many hundreds of
thousands of the distressed army of the
monkeys, Jambavan said thus to Hanuman:
 
वीर वानवलोकस्ट सर्वशास्त्रविशारद ।
तूष्णीमेकान्तमाश्रित्य हनुमन् किं न जल्पसि ॥
 
"O Hanuman, hero of the world of
monkeys and expert in all sciences, why
are you sitting silently and alone why
don't you speak ?