Valmiki Ramayana · Sundara Kanda · Sarga 1
अञ्जलिं प्राङ्मुखः कुर्वन् पवनायात्मयोनये। ततो हि ववृधे गन्तुं दक्षिणो दक्षिणां दिशम्
añjaliṃ prāṅmukhaḥ kurvan pavanāyātmayonaye| tato hi vavṛdhe gantuṃ dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
Hanuman, endowed with great equanimity, facing the east and joining his palms by way of salutaion to the Windgod, his father, he enlarged his size and turned south in order to depart.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Facing east for his salutation, Hanuman turns south to begin his journey — south being the direction of Lanka. The enlargement of his body is both literal and symbolic: as he grows to meet the scale of his task, the poem reminds us that faith expands one's capacity beyond normal limits.
प्राङ्मुखदक्षिणववृधे