Beholding the monkeys assailed and afraid Sugrīva placing Sușeņa in charge of a gulma*addressed himself for the battle. *The division of an army; a body of troops consisting of nine platoons or nine elephants, nine chariots; twenty-seven horses and forty five foot.
सुग्रीवस्तान्कपीन्दृष्ट्वा भग्नान्विद्रादितारणे। गुल्मे सुषेणं निक्षिप्य चक्रे युद्धे द्रुतं मनः॥