When that Rākşasa had spoken thus, (Lakş mana). Sumitrā's son, present in that contest, answered him laughing in terrible words, saying.
इत्युक्तवाक्यं तद्रक्षः प्रोवाच स्तुतिसंहितम्। मृधे घोरतरं वाक्यं सौमित्रिः प्रहसन्निव॥