With reverent welcome round him pressed.

They brought him of their woodland fruits,

They brought him of the choicest roots,

And laughed and shouted in their glee

The noblest of their chiefs to see.

Nor Hanumán delayed to greet

Sage Jámbaván with reverence meet;

To Angad and the chiefs he bent

For age and rank preëminent,

And briefly spoke: “These eyes have seen,