Thereupon before the ministers Rāma began to describe the friendship of Sugrīva, the prowess of the Wind-gods son and the works accomplished by the monkeys.
सख्यं च रामः सुग्रीवे प्रभावं चानिलात्मजे। वानराणां च तत्कर्म ह्याचचक्षेऽथ मन्त्रिणाम्॥