Vaishampayana said: Having been thus addressed by Bhima, that chief of monkeys, Hanuman replied in affectionate words and in solemn accents.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु भीमेन हनूमान् प्लवगोत्तमः। प्रत्युवाच ततो वाक्यं स्निग्धगम्भीरया गिरा॥