Hear this vow of the foe of Indra, never swerving and instinct with prowess and divinity, this very day will I with unfailing shafts slay Rāma along with Lakşmaņa.
इमां प्रतिज्ञां शृणु शक्रशत्रोः सुनिश्चितां पौरुषदैवयुक्ताम्। अद्यैव रामं सह लक्ष्मणेन संतर्पयिष्यामि शरैरमोथैः॥