The envoy in his faithful breast
Pondered Sugríva’s high behest.
From Rishyamúka’s peak he hied
And placed him by the princes’ side.
The Wind-God’s son with cautious art
Had laid his Vánar form apart,
And wore, to cheat the strangers eyes,
A wandering mendicant’s disguise.
In plain words: Hanuman, son of the Wind-God and a messenger for the monkey king Sugriva, goes down from Rishyamuka mountain to meet Rama and Lakshmana. To be careful, he hides his monkey form and disguises himself as a wandering beggar-monk.