English. The following is Gorresio's translation of the
corresponding passage in the Bengal recension:--

"Oh come risplendono in questa stagione di primavera i vitici, le
galedupe, le bassie, le dalbergie, i diospyri {~HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS~} le tile, le
michelie, le rottlerie, le pentaptere ed i pterospermi, i bombaci,
le grislee, gli abri, gli amaranti e le dalbergie; i sirii, le
galedupe, le barringtonie ed i palmizi, i xanthocymi, il pepebetel,
le verbosine e le ticaie, le nauclee le erythrine, gli asochi, e le
tapie fanno d'ogni intorno pompa de' lor fiori."

534 A sacred stream often mentioned in the course of the poem. See Book
II, Canto XCV.

535 A daughter of Daksha who became one of the wives of Kasyapa and
mother of the Daityas. She is termed the general mother of Titans
and malignant beings. See Book I Cantos XLV, XLVI.

536 Sugriva, the ex-king of the Vanars, foresters, or monkeys, an exile
from his home, wandering about the mountain Rishyamuka with his four
faithful ex-ministers.

537 The hermitage of the Saint Matanga which his curse prevented Bali,
the present king of the Vanars, from entering. The story is told at
length in Canto XI of this Book.

538 Hanuman, Sugriva's chief general, was the son of the God of Wind.
See Book I, Canto XVI.

539 A range of hills in Malabar; the Western Ghats in the Deccan.

540 Valmiki makes the second vowel in this name long or short to suit
the exigencies of the verse. Other Indian poets have followed his
example, and the same licence will be used in this translation.

541 I omit a recapitulatory and interpolated verse in a different metre,
which is as follows:--Reverencing with the words, So be it, the
speech of the greatly terrified and unequalled monkey king, the
magnanimous Hanuman then went where (stood) the very mighty Rama
with Lakshman.

542 The semi divine Hanuman possesses, like the Gods and demons, the
power of wearing all shapes at will. He is one of the _Kamarupis_.

Like Milton's good and bad angels "as they please
They limb themselves, and colour, shape, or size
Assume as likes them best, condense or rare."

543 Himalaya is of course _par excellence_ the Monarch of mountains, but
the complimentary title is frequently given to other hills as here
to Malaya