Had led his Vánar legions forth.

Now to Sugríva he sped

With all his host dispirited.

Susheṇ the western realms had sought,

And homeward now his legions brought.

All to Sugríva came, where still

He sat with Ráma on the hill.

Before their sovereign humbly bent

And thus addressed him reverent:

“On every hill our steps have been,