No sooner had they heard this speech than all the monkeys started at once in every direction. Sugriva then called Angad, Nila and Hanumân:
“Hearken, Nila, Angad and Hanumân, and you, O staunch and sagacious Jâmbavan; go ye together, all ye gallant warriors, to the south and ask every one for news of Sita. Strain every faculty to devise some way of accomplishing Rama's object. The son is content with back service and the fire with front, but a master must be served back and front alike, without any subterfuges. Discard the unrealities of the world and consider the future; so shall all the troubles connected with existence be destroyed. This is the end, brother, for which we were born, to worship Rama without any desire for self. He only is truly discriminative, He only is greatly blessed, who is enamoured of the feet of Raghubir.” After begging permission to depart and bowing the head at his feet they set out with joy, invoking Raghurai. The last to make obeisance was Hanumân. The lord, knowing what would happen, called him near and with his lotus hands touched his head and gave him his ring off his finger, for he knew his devotion: “Say everything to comfort Sita, telling her of my might and my constancy, and come quickly.” Hanumân thought himself happy to have been born and set forth, with the image of the All-merciful impressed upon his heart. Although the Lord knows everything, He observes the rules of state-craft in his character as the champion of the gods.
“Hearken, Nila, Angad and Hanumân, and you, O staunch and sagacious Jâmbavan; go ye together, all ye gallant warriors, to the south and ask every one for news of Sita. Strain every faculty to devise some way of accomplishing Rama's object. The son is content with back service and the fire with front, but a master must be served back and front alike, without any subterfuges. Discard the unrealities of the world and consider the future; so shall all the troubles connected with existence be destroyed. This is the end, brother, for which we were born, to worship Rama without any desire for self. He only is truly discriminative, He only is greatly blessed, who is enamoured of the feet of Raghubir.” After begging permission to depart and bowing the head at his feet they set out with joy, invoking Raghurai. The last to make obeisance was Hanumân. The lord, knowing what would happen, called him near and with his lotus hands touched his head and gave him his ring off his finger, for he knew his devotion: “Say everything to comfort Sita, telling her of my might and my constancy, and come quickly.” Hanumân thought himself happy to have been born and set forth, with the image of the All-merciful impressed upon his heart. Although the Lord knows everything, He observes the rules of state-craft in his character as the champion of the gods.