Which Dadhimukh was set to guard,

A noble Vánar, brave and bold,

Sugríva's uncle lofty-souled.

To Angad came with one accord

The Vánars, and besought their lord

That they those honeyed stores might eat

That made the grove so passing sweet.

He gave consent: they sought the trees

Thronged with innumerable bees.

They rifled all the treasured store,