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Havine slaughtered the servants, Hanum&n, having reflected awhile, thought,—‘I have broken down the wood; but have not destroyed the edifice dedicated to the deities of the Rakshasas. Therefore, this very day will I demolish this structure.” Having thought thus in his heart, that foremost of monkeys, Hanuman, son unto the Wind-god, displaying his strength, bounded unto the Chaitya* building, elevated like a summit of Meru. And having ascended the edifice resembling a mountain, that leader of monkey-bands, possessed of wondrous energy, looked like another Sua risen (in the sky). And having broken down that superb edifice, the irrepressible HanumAn, flaming in auspiciousness, resembled (the mountain) Pariyatra. And magnifying his dimensions through his energy, the offspring of the Windgod fearlessly fell to striking his arms with his hands,and thus filling Lank& with the sounds. And at those sounds of striking arms, capable of striking deafness into the hearer, birds began to drop down there, as well as the warders of the religious mansion, with their senses overwhelmed. “Victory unto Rama versed in arms! And unto Lakshmana endowed with immense strength! And victory unto king Sugrivs, who is protected by Raghava! Hanum&n, son unto the Wind-god, destroyer of hostile hosts, is the slave of Rima of untiring deeds. And not a thousand R&vanas cah cope with me in conflict as I hurl stones and trees by thousands. Having destroyed the city of Lank& and paid my respects to Mithila’s daughter, I, my object gained, shall depart in the * A building designed for deities.—T.

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presence of all the Rakshasas.” Having spoken thus, that one of a prodigious person, seated on the Chaitya, emitted tremendous roars, striking terror into the Rakshas, In consequence of that mighty cry, an hundred guards attached to the Chattya sallied out, taking various weapons—bearded darts, scimitars and axes; and they surrounded the Windgod’s offspring, as he went on increasing his body. And they encountered that foremost of monkeys with various maces, and axes, and golden Angadas, and arrows resembling the Sun. And those numbers of Rakshas, encountering that best of monkeys,resembled an extensive and mighty whirlpool in the Gang&. Thereat, the Wind-god’s son, the mighty Hanum4in,* waxing enraged, violently uprooting a huge piller of the edifice, plated with gold, and having an hundred borders, began to whirl it (in the air) And the fire generated there thus, burnt down the entire edifice. Seeing that edifice in flames, the graceful monkey-leader, having slain the hundred Rakshasas, like Indra slaying Asuras with his _thunderbolt,—remaining in the sky, said,—“ Thousands of strong, high-souled and foremost monkeys like myself,having been created, and remaining under the command of Sugriva, —including ourselves as well as other monkeys—are rangiag all over the world. Some are endowed with the strength of ten elephants, some with the strength of an hundred, some. have the prowess of a thousand elephants, and some the strength of elephants numbered by herds. Some are equal in strength to the Wind,—and there are there some monkey-leaders who have no limit to their strength. Sun rounded with monkeys of this sort, having nails and teeth for their arms,—in hundreds and thousands and otis and ayxtas, cometh our Sugriva,—the slayer of all (foes). * Marutatmaya—son unto the Wind-god, left out on the score of redundency.—T. t The reader is powerfully reminded of a like feat of Manoah’s son—'the Herculean Samson.'—T.

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Neither this city of Lank&, nor you, nor yet Ravana, shall exist,—having created hostility with that high-souled hero of the Ikshw&ku race.”