Weighed all options on his hand.
Not by letting Ravan’s men
Smell a rat of my spying
How am I to find Seetha!
Without muddling my errand
How to find here Seetha soon?
Towel in throws as night at dawn
Confronted by unforeseen
Mid-course dullards leave their jobs.
Mission one’s awry goes for sure
Meddles if one in half knowledge.
Thus for having come so far
Why not carry Seetha’s word
For the waiting ears of Ram.
Stop me if these in my tracks
Derailed gets then Seetha’s search.
How to look for Rama’s spouse
Unseen by these guards in scores!
Given the strength of their network
None the disguise might well work.
Were I to surface as it were
Might I as well get captured.
Makes it eminent if I move
With darkness to aid me well.
It’s night that makes conducive
To search Ravan’s own premises.
Having worked out his plan thus
Waited Hanuman moon to come.
When the sun went out of scene
Cat-like instinct showed Hanuman.
Airborne was he soon over
Lanka’s well-laid avenues all.
Pillars silver had buildings
Windows whose wore golden frames.
Built were mansions eight-storied
Set on gold floors were cat’s eyes.
Stuccoes precious gems had walls
Adorned pearls their wide doors all.
Domes there were all gold plated
Bright they were by day and night.
Having had a bird’s- eye view
Flustered Hanuman Lanka’s wealth.
Land that was of king Ravan
Domicile of those demons varied.
As if to show him the way
Moon came out in full bloom then.
In the moon rays of full moon
Seen Hanuman the green signal.