The worthy son of Vālī and ever dear to Sugrīva, he puts forth his prowess, as Varuņa does for Sakra. That that well-wished of Rāghava, the vehement Hanumān, has seen Janaka's daughter, was owing to the advice of this one.
वालिनः सदृशः पुत्रः सुग्रीवस्य सदा प्रियः। राघवार्थे पराक्रान्तः शक्रार्थे वरुणो यथा॥ एतस्य सा मतिः सर्वा यदृष्टा जनकात्मजा। हनूमता वेगवता राघवस्य हितैषिणा॥