And the monkeys possessed of great strength cried and howled and roared and shouted and rushed and sent up loud ululations. Thus despatched by the king, the leaders of monkeyherds, said, We shall bring back Sītā, and slay Rāvana. I alone shall slay Răvaņa engaged in conflict. And slaying (him), I shall this very day swiftly carry off Janaka's daughter, trembling because of fatigue, (saying to her), 'Rest you. I single-handed shall recover Jānakī even from the nether regions. I shall uproot trees and rive mountains. I shall cleave the earth and vex the deep. (And some said), I can, without doubt, clear a Yojana at one bound; and another said, I can clear and hundred; and a yet another, I can more than an hundred. And neither on earth, nor in sea, mountains, woods, nor nether regions can my course be obstructed.
नदन्तश्चोन्नदन्तश्च गर्जन्तश्च प्लवङ्गमाः। क्ष्वेडन्तो धावमानाश्च विनदन्तो महाबलाः॥ एवं संचोदिताः सर्वे राज्ञा वानरयूथपाः। आनयिष्यामहे सीतां हनिष्यामश्च रावणम्॥ अहमेको वधिष्यामि प्राप्तं रावणमाहवे। ततश्चोन्मथ्य सहसा हरिष्ये जनकात्मजाम्॥ वेपमानां श्रमेणाद्य भवद्भिः स्थीयतामिति। एक एवाहरिष्यामि क्षोभयिष्यामि सागरान्॥ अहं योजनसंख्यायाः प्लवेयं नात्र संशयः। शतयोजनसंख्यायाः शतं समधिकं ह्यहम्॥ भूतले सागरे वापि शैलेषु च वनेषु च। पातालस्यापि वा मध्ये न ममाच्छिद्यते गतिः॥