ताभ्यां चराभ्यां सहितो रावणः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। पश्यमानः समुद्रं तं पर्वतांश्च वनानि च॥ ददर्श पृथिवीदेशं सुसंपूर्ण प्लवंगमैः। तदपारमसह्यं च वानराणां महाबलम्॥ आलोक्य रावणो राजा परिपप्रच्छ सारणम्। एषां के वानरा मुख्याः के शूराः के महाबलाः॥
tābhyāṃ carābhyāṃ sahito rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ| paśyamānaḥ samudraṃ taṃ parvatāṃśca vanāni ca|| dadarśa pṛthivīdeśaṃ susaṃpūrṇa plavaṃgamaiḥ| tadapāramasahyaṃ ca vānarāṇāṃ mahābalam|| ālokya rāvaṇo rājā paripapraccha sāraṇam| eṣāṃ ke vānarā mukhyāḥ ke śūrāḥ ke mahābalāḥ||
English Meaning
And transported with passion, Răvaņa in company with those spies, saw the sea, mountains and forests. And they beheld the Earth enveloped with monkeys, and the mighty host of monkeys, boundless and irresistible. And having seen this, king Ravana asked Sarana. Who among these monkeys are the foremost, who are the heroes, and who possessed of great strength?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)