Hearing the words of monkeys, Rāma said that their desire would be fulfilled. He then said to Vibhīşaņa the king of Räkşasas:-As long as people shall breathe, O Vibhisana, O highly powerful lord of Rakşasas, you shall preserve your body in Lankä. As long as the moon, the sun and the earth shall exist and as long as my story shall remain current, your kingdom shall be in existence.
तैरेवमुक्तः काकुत्स्थो बाढमित्यब्रवीत्स्मयन्। बिभीषणमथोवाच राक्षसेन्द्रं महायशाः॥ यावत्प्रजा धरिष्यन्ति तावत्त्वं वै बिभीषण। राक्षसेन्द्र महावीर्य लङ्कास्थः स्वं धरिष्यसि॥ यावच्चन्द्रश्च सूर्यश्च यावत्तिष्ठति मेदिनी। यावच्च मत्कथा लोके तावद्राज्यं तवास्त्विह।।२५