Being thus addressed by Vibhīşaņa with piteous accents, the high-souled son of the lord of men. gifted with great energy, ordered him to perform his obsequies and said.
स तस्य वाक्यैः करुणैर्महात्मा संबोधितः आज्ञापयामास नरेन्द्रसूनुः स्वर्गीयमाधानमदीनसत्त्वः॥