Then Hanumān, the shrewd son of Maruta, finding the whole host of monkeys scattered in all directions, as well as Sugrīva captured by Kumbhakarņa bethought himself—“What ought to be done by me now that our king has been captured?
विद्वतां वाहिनीं दृष्ट्वा वानराणामितस्ततः। कुम्भकर्णेन सुग्रीवं गृहीतं चापि वानरम्॥ हनूमांश्चिन्तयामास मतिमान्मारुतात्मजः। एवं गृहीते सुग्रीवे किं कर्तव्यं मया भवेत्॥