Then questioned thus the nearer spy:

“Bend, Sáraṇ, bend thy gaze, and show

The leaders of the Vánar foe.

Tell me their heroes' names, and teach

The valour, power and might of each.”

Obedient Sáraṇ eyed the van,

The leaders marked, and thus began:

“That chief conspicuous at the head

Of warriors in the forest bred,

Who hither bends his ruthless eye