Stood high above the ocean shore.

Sugríva and the chiefs he spied,

And raised his mighty voice and cried:

“From Rávaṇ, lord of giants, I

His brother, named Vibhishaṇ, fly.

From Janasthán he stole the child

Of Janak by his art beguiled,

And in his palace locked and barred

Surrounds her with a Rákshas guard.

I bade him, plied with varied lore,