Taking to heart the speech of Väli's son, those prime monkeys, sipping water, sat down facing the East. And sitting on the edge of the water on grass pointing to the south, the foremost monkeys, wishing for surcease, thought within themselves,-Even this is fit for us.
तद् वाक्यं वालिपुत्रस्य विज्ञाय प्लवगर्षभाः॥ उपस्पृश्योदकं सर्वे प्राङ्मुखाः समुपाविशन्। दक्षिणाग्रेषु दर्भेषु उदक्तीरं समाश्रिताः॥ मुमूर्षवो हरिश्रेष्ठा एतत् क्षममिति स्म ह।