Hearing Lankā's words, Hanumān, son to the Wind-god, foremost of monkeys-exerting himself (to secure victory), stood like another hill.
लङ्काया वचनं श्रुत्वा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः। यत्नवान् स हरिश्रेष्ठः स्थितः शैल इवापरः॥