Impetuous Vajradanshṭra said:

“Why waste a thought on one so vile

As Hanúmán the Vánar, while

Sugríva, Lakshmaṇ, yet remain,

And Ráma mightier still, unslain?

This mace to-day shall crush the three,

And all the host will turn and flee.

Listen, and I will speak: incline,

O King, to hear these words of mine,

For the deep plan that I propose