Thus slowly spoke the aged chief:

Then to his side Hanúmán came,

And with low reverence named his name.

Cheered by the face he longed to view

The wounded chieftain lived anew.

“Go forth,” he cried, “O strong and brave,

And in their woe the Vánars save.

No might but thine, supremely great,

May help us in our lost estate.

The trembling bears and Vánars cheer,