Though the wicked Khara of Janasthāna has been slain by him on Sūrpanakhā's account, yet how is he to blame for it do you truly speak.
यदि शूर्पणखाहेतोर्जनस्थानगतः खरः। अतिवृत्तो हतः पूर्वं रामेणक्लिष्टकर्मणा। अत्र ब्रूहि यथातत्वं को रामस्य वयतिक्रमः॥