66697602-The-Ramayana-R-K-Narayan

Vali seized Sugreeva and tried to smash him against a
rock. Sugreeva managed to slip out of his hands and fled,
but was mercilessly pursued by his brother, until, through a
divine inspiration, he reached this mountain, called Mount
Matanga, where Vali dare not step in. Sage Matanga has
laid a curse on Vali for misdemeanour: that whenever Vali
sets foot on this mountain, his skull will burst into fragments,
and that none of the immunities granted to him will be
effective here. So Sugreeva has sought refuge here, but the
minute he steps out, Vali has sworn to kill him. When Vali
went back, he not only resumed his authority as a ruler over
the kingdom (which he had really not lost), but also forcibly
acquired Sugreeva’s wife and made her his own. And now
Sugreeva has neither a home nor a wife.
Rama was moved by this story. He was filled with pity for
Sugreeva and promised, “I will help you. Tell me what you
want.”
Sugreeva took Hanuman aside and asked, “What do you
think of his offer of help?”
Hanuman replied, “I have not the slightest doubt that this
person can vanquish Vali. Though he has not revealed his
true self yet, I sense his identity. He could be none other than
Vishnu himself. I notice that he has the marks of the Conch
and the Disc in his palm. None but Vishnu could have bent
the bow of Shiva and broken it, none but he could have set