Not one among the Vanara armies volunteered even to attempt crossing the heaving crashing menace before them! Finally their leader Angada and stalwarts like Gaja, Sarabha, Mainda Jambavan and the others came out with how far they could leap. Jambavan the oldest among them was the only one who could clear the longest span, but it was limited to ninety Yojanas. Angada said that he could easily land in Lanka, but may not have the strength to come back. Jambavan put a stop to Angada's plans saying that as king, he could only command, but not go with them. When Jambavan told him that he could only depute or deploy, Angada said, " since I cannot go and no one else can, should we try to starve ourselves once again? Disobeying the kings' orders, exceeding the time permitted for our return, how can we hope to live when we reach Kishkinda? It was then that Jambavan saw Hanuman sitting happily by himself. Telling Angada that he had found the achiever, he went to prod Hanuman into action.