Ramayana for children: Sugriva and his monkey army promise to find Sita for Rama and Lakshmana
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The rains had finally ended.
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The skies above Mount Prasravana were clear and blue. Rivers had shrunk back into their banks. The forests glistened fresh and green.
After some reminders from Rama, Sugriva was ready to begin the campaign.
He climbed onto a high rock and blew his conch. From forests, caves, and hills, thousands of vanaras approached, leaping from tree to tree, chattering, thumping their chests, ready for action.
Sugriva raised his hand.
“We will search for Sita in every direction,” he declared. “No mountain is too high. No river is too wide. No forest is too deep.”
He divided his army into four groups.
Turning to one group, Sugriva pointed towards the rising sun.
“You will go east,” he said to Vinata. “Cross the wide Ganga and the mighty Yamuna. Search the lands of Magadha and Videha. Look through thick forests and bamboo groves. Pass rivers that twist like silver snakes and hills covered with sal and sandalwood trees.”
To another group led by Sushena he said, “You will go west. To the western ocean. Search the peaks at the confluence of Sindhu and the ocean. Travel as far as the western ocean where waves crash against black cliffs. Look in cities, in ports, and in forests of date palms and coconut trees. Leave no place unseen.”
Sugriva then...