Those two whom you beholdest, staying there, of equal proportions and endowed with god-like shapes, are Mainda and Dvivida, who have no equals in fight. Permitted by Brahma, they had partaken of ambrosia. They hope to humble Lanka by their prowess.
यौ तौ पश्यसि तिष्ठन्तौ समानौ देवरूपिणौ। मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चैव ताभ्यां नास्ति समो युधि॥ ब्रह्मणा समनुज्ञाता अमृतप्राशिनावुभौ। आशंसेते यथा लङ्कामेतौ मर्दितुमोजसा।७॥