And gazing at that foremost of monkeys girt with power, and with his soul exercised with apprehension, he (thought), “Is this the worshipful Nandi, come hither in person, by whom I, on my jeering at him, had formerly been cursed in Kailāsa? (Rāvaņa had formerly laughed at Nandi for his monkey-face) Or is this one wearing the shape of a monkey Vāli's son, Bāņa?"
शङ्काहतात्मा दध्यौ स कपीन्द्रं तेजसा वृतम्। किमेष भगवान् नन्दी भवेत् साक्षादिहागतः॥ येन शप्तोऽस्मि कैलासे मया प्रहसिते पुरे। सोऽयं वानरमूर्तिः स्यात्किंस्विद् बाणोऽपि वासुरः॥