Canto III. Hanumán's Speech.

The envoy in his faithful breast

Pondered Sugríva's high behest.

From Rishyamúka's peak he hied

And placed him by the princes' side.

The Wind-God's son with cautious art

Had laid his Vánar form apart,

And wore, to cheat the strangers eyes,

A wandering mendicant's disguise.[542]

Before the heroes' feet he bent