At this, the councillors of Råma, surprised, said:-"O you of great effulgence, he has not been punished. Rather you have conferred on him a boon."
अथ ते रामसचिवाः स्मयमाना वचोऽब्रुवन्॥ वरोऽयं दत्त एतस्य नायं शापो महायुते।