How can my arrival (at this place) be made to bring forth good fruit? How can I forcibly bring on engagement with the Rākşasas? And how can the Ten-necked one in battle be made to form a just estimate of the respective strength of myself and his forces?
कथं नु खल्वद्य भवेत् सुखागतं प्रसह्य युद्धं मम राक्षसैः सह। तथैव खल्वात्मबलं च सारवत् समानयेन्मां च रणे दशाननः॥