The vanaras gathered on mount Prasravana prostrated to Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva. They spoke excitedly about Sita, of her being held captive in the palace of Ravana, of her torment by her demon guard and how through it all she clung to her unwavering love for Rama. Hanuman turned towards the south where lay Lanka and prostrated to Sita .He told Rama that a hundred Yojanas across the ocean on the southern shores of the southern sea was the city of Lanka.There in the palace of Ravana he had seen Sita, the beautiful princess who meditated upon Rama and was ever watched by formidable rakshasa women. "She grieves" said Hanuman, "who should never be grieving, living in fear and sorrow she pines for you. When I quietly made her believe who I was, she gave me Choodamani to be given to you. Emaciated, ever rigid in her purity and truth Sita is a captive who like a frightened doe lives in wide-eyed fear. She sends you the Choodamani and wants you to know that the time given her by Ravana to yield to him ends in one month and begs you to rescue her soon."