The Ashoka garden was gone and as Hanuman stood contemplating his next move, he saw an edifice which was still intact and which resembled a temple. Wondering why he had overlooked it, and as if to show off more of his strength Hanuman leapt on to it which was as lofty as mount Meru. Sitting there he struck his shoulder with his palm, the sound of which pained the ears of its listeners and brought flying birds plummeting to earth with a thud! He once again went on his roaring spree as he shouted, "May Rama master of all weapons be victorious! May Sugriva protected by Rama be victorious! And I am Hanuman slave of Rama and slayer of enemies"! Even as Hanuman shouted his slogan, the temple guard rushed at him and he breaking off a pillar from where he sat whirled it around with such speed that a fire was born out of it and in that fire was burnt the temple of the rakshasas. That most powerful of vanaras next announced that there were thousands like him sent by Sugriva who were combing the entire sea bound earth for Sita. "Mightiest of the mighty", he thundered "some among them have the strength of ten elephants, each, some have the strength of a hundred, while yet others are as powerful as a thousand elephants each! Sugriva, the death of you all, will despatch hundreds of thousands such vanaras, whose weapons are only their teeth and their nails. Because of your enmity with Rama, Lanka will soon cease to exist and so will you and so will Ravana!"