Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.157

c9.157

23) Lakṣmaṇa’s wrath. The next four months were rainy period. Even after that Sugrīva did not make necessary arrangements to search for Sītā. At Rāma’s instance Lakṣmaṇa went to Kiṣkindhā to enquire about the reason for the delay. The monkeys were alarmed by the grave appearance of Lakṣmaṇa and Tārā came out and apologised to him. Arrangements were soon finalised for the quest of Sītā. Armies of many lakhs of monkeys were deputed to the eight regions to search for Sītā. Suṣeṇa was appointed chief of the army for the west, Śatabali for the north, Vinata for the east and Aṅgada for the south. As the south was the chief place for the search, monkeys like Hanūmān, Jāmbavān, Vivida, Nala, Nila, Kumuda, each of them an expert in various ways, were appointed chiefs of different matters. Every chief and his assistant was given suitable instructions by Lakṣmaṇa and Sugrīva, and accordingly the monkeys began its march under the leadership of Hanūmān.