Then Sugriva with Angad and the other monkeys went forth with joy, preceded by Lakshman, and arrived in Rama's presence.
With folded hands he bowed his head at his feet and cried: “My lord, it has been no fault of mine. Your delusive power, sire, is so strong that only Rama's favour can disperse it. Gods and men, saints and kings are mastered by their senses; and I am but a poor brute beast, a monkey, one of the most libidinous of animals. A man who is invulnerable by the arrow of a woman's eye, who remains wakeful through the dark night of angry passion, and whose neck has never been bound by the halter of covetousness, is Your equal, O Raghupati. It is a virtue not attainable by any religious observances; it is only by Your grace that one here and one there can accomplish it.” Then Raghupati smiled and said: “You are as dear to me as my own brother Bharat. Now take thought and make an effort to get tidings of Sita.”
With folded hands he bowed his head at his feet and cried: “My lord, it has been no fault of mine. Your delusive power, sire, is so strong that only Rama's favour can disperse it. Gods and men, saints and kings are mastered by their senses; and I am but a poor brute beast, a monkey, one of the most libidinous of animals. A man who is invulnerable by the arrow of a woman's eye, who remains wakeful through the dark night of angry passion, and whose neck has never been bound by the halter of covetousness, is Your equal, O Raghupati. It is a virtue not attainable by any religious observances; it is only by Your grace that one here and one there can accomplish it.” Then Raghupati smiled and said: “You are as dear to me as my own brother Bharat. Now take thought and make an effort to get tidings of Sita.”