Placing that heroic monkey, his equal in prowess, in that command Sugrīva sallied out with a tree in his hand to meet the enemy.
आत्मनः सदृशं वीरं स तं निक्षिप्य वानरम्। सुग्रीवोऽभिमुखं शत्रु प्रतस्थे पादपायुधः॥