Kishkindha Kaanda
137 - Dialogue between Sugriva and Sri Rama and the departure of the monkeys in quest of Sita
Chaupais
Description
If at any place they came across some demon they would take his life by a single slap. They looked into every recess of forest and hill; and if they met any hermit they would all surround him. Presently they felt much oppressed with thirst; but water could be found nowhere and they also lost their way in the dense forest. Hanuman thought to himself that without water to drink all would die. Climbing a hill-top he looked all round and noticing a cavity in the ground saw a strange phenomenon there. Cakravakas, herons and swans hovered at its mouth and a number of other birds were making their way into it. Coming down the hill Hanuman (the son of the wind-god) took them all and showed them the cavern. They placed Hanuman at their head and entered the cave without further loss of time.