Thereat, the heroic Hanumān spoke to her staying in front of him, “I shall tell you all about that anent which you questionest me. Who are you that having deformed eyes stayest at the gate of this city? And what for, O frightful one, do you rail at me in wrath?"
अथ तामब्रवीत् वीरो हनुमानग्रतः स्थिताम्। कथयिष्यामि तत् तत्त्वं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसे॥ का त्वं विरूपनयना पुरद्वारेऽवतिष्ठसे। किमर्थं चापि मां क्रोधान्निर्भर्त्सयसि दारुणे॥