Hearing of Rāvana's intention from Dandi the intelligent sun, the enemy of night, wisely said to him, ''Do you proceed, O Dandi; either defeat Rāvaņa or tell him 'I have been defeated.' Do whatever you wish.” Hearing those words he approached the high-souled Rāksasa and communicated to him what the sun had said. Hearing the words of Dandi the lord of Rākşasas trumpeted his own victory and went away.
श्रुत्वा तु सूर्यस्तद्वृत्तं दण्डिनो रावणस्य ह॥ उवाच वचनं धीमान्बुद्धिपूर्वं क्षपापहः। गच्छ दण्डिञ्जयस्वैनं निर्जितोऽस्मीति वा वद॥ यत्तेभिकाङ्कितं कार्षीः कंचित्कालं क्षपाचरम्। स गत्वा वचनात्तस्य राक्षसस्य महात्मनः॥ कथयामास तत्सर्वं सूर्योक्तवचनं तदा। स श्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य दण्डिनो राक्षसेश्वरः। घोषयित्वा जगामाथ स्वजयं राक्षसाधिपः॥