ntless troops in view.
There moved lord Gavaya brave and bold,
Resplendent like a hill of gold,
And near him Darimukha stood
With millions from the hill and wood
And Dwivid famed for strength and speed,
And Mamda, both of Asvin seed.
There Gaja, strong and glorious, led
The countless troops around him spread,
And Jambavan(657) the king whose sway
The bears delighted to obey,
With swarming myriads onward pressed
True to his lord Sugriva's hest;
And princely Ruman, dear to fame,
Led millions whom no hosts could tame,
All these and many a chief beside(658)
Came onward fierce in warlike pride.
They covered all the plain, and still
Pressed forward over wood and hill.
In rows for many a league around
They rested on the grassy ground;
Or to Sugriva made their way,
Like clouds about the Lord of Day,
And to the king their proud heads bent
In power and might preeminent.
Sugriva then to Rama sped,
And raised his reverent hands, and said
That every chief from coast to coast
Was present with his warrior host.

Canto XL. The Army Of The East.

With practised eye the king reviewed
The Vanars' countless multitude,
And, joying that his hest was done,
Thus spake to Raghu's mighty son:
"See, all the Vanar hosts who fear
My sovereign might are gathered here.
Chiefs strong as Indra's self, who speed
Wher'er they list, these armies lead.
Fierce and terrific to the view
As Daityas or the Danav(659) crew,
Famed in all lands for souls afire
With lofty thoughts, they never tire,
O'er hill and vale they wander free,
And islets of the distant sea.
And these gathered myriads, all
Will serve thee, Rama, at thy call.
Whate'er thy heart advises, say:
Thy mandates will the host obey."

Then answered Rama, as he pressed
The Vanar monarch to his breast:
"O search for my lost Sita, strive
To find her if she still survive:
And in thy wondrous wisdom trace
Fierce Ravan to his dwelling-place.
And when by toil and search we know
Where Sita lies and where the foe,
With thee, dear friend, will I devise
Fit means to end the enterprise.
Not mine, not Lakshman's is the power
To guide us in the doubtful hour.
Thou, sovereign of the Vanars, thou
Must be our hope and leader now."

He ceased: at King Sugriva's call
Near came a Vanar strong and tall.
Huge as a towering mountain, loud
As some tremendous thunder cloud,
A prince who warlike legions led:
To him his sovereign turned and said:
"Go, take ten thousand(660) of our