'Victory is the outcome of consultation'-this do the sages* say. Let us, therefore, O mighty ones, engage in counsel, relating to the measures we should adopt towards Rāma. * Manasvin, according to Rāmānuja, means hero.
मन्त्रमूलं च विजयं प्रवदन्ति मनस्विनः। तस्माद्वै रोचये मन्त्रं रामं प्रति महाबलाः॥