Moving from house to house, that foremost of monkeys observed on all sides various dwellings of diverse forms and colour, and heard charming songs chanted in the three octaves* by damsels maddened with amour, resembling celestial Apsaras. *The three octaves referred to are Mandra or the base tone, Madhyma or the middle tone, and Tara or the high tone. These constitute the entire diapason of Hindu Music..
भवनाद् भवनं गच्छन् ददर्श कपिकुञ्जरः॥ विविधाकृतिरूपाणि भवनानि ततस्ततः। शुश्राव रुचिरं गीतं त्रिस्थानस्वरभूषितम्॥ स्त्रीणां मदनविद्धानां दिवि चाप्सरसामिव। शुश्राव काञ्चीनिनदं नूपुराणां च निःस्वनम्॥