Karandikar: Hanuman approached Rama who wore matted hair, deer-skin and dark garments, who was staying in the penance grove along with his younger brother whose equanimity, attire and concentration were the same ( as those of the latter ), and (so) resembled Purusottama (i.e., Narayana) accompanied by Nara.

Karandikar: Holding the jewel placed in the cavity of his palms, he (Hanuman) from whose fingers having gaps, shot out bits of (its) lustre, and who had bent down his knees and head bowed down before the King who looked like the moon situated behind thin tawny clouds.

Karandikar: Possessed of the excellence of the brilliant, high quality jem and circular like the orb of the full moon, the crest-jewel of his wife was perceived by Rama along with the hopes of her life (being intact).

Karandikar: He saw the excellence-bearing jewel whose lustre was dimmed (as it were), which had come from the grove, which was tawny on account of the unwiped dust and which was bereft of Sita, like his own lack-lustre self, who had come to the forest, and was dusky with the dust that was not wiped off, deprived of Sita and yet bearing magnanimity.

Karandikar: "How may Hanuman who achieved the desired object through (his might) not be the Cintamani (the wish-fulfilling jewel)," so thought at that time, Rama along with Laksmana, and the commander of the monkey troops. 25

Karandikar: Having taken hold of the spark in the form of Sita (and) not realising that you are like the wind of destruction, the inimical (Ravana) sleeps like a lion in the forest of Lanka (merely) for dying." Thus spoke Hanuman.

Karandikar: I have come (here) after seeing him who, possessed of magic powers, snatched away, in battle, the wealth of the Lord of Wealth (Kubera), who waged the mightiest war with the gods and who is excessively afiluent with the pride for (his) treasure that has dispelled ( his) shame. Or, whom does captured wealth not lead astray from the righteous path, here (in this world) ?

Karandikar: ‘Possessed of affluence, a demon and a fool (that he is), (it is ) no wonder that he is arrogant (puffed up with pride). Or what purpose (is there) for the ignoble to abide by the righteous path ?

Karandikar: In his abode was seen by me that slim and highly grieved lady whose husband is Rama. I have reported to you this gist of my achievement ; what is the use of narrating the rest of the adventure ?

Karandikar: "If, indeed, a past or a future blot would not render the crescent of the moon lowly, then the pure and extremely slender Sita would attain a semblance to the crescent moon, on account of her waning.