Being thus addressed by the deities presiding over quarters, Rāghava, the lord of people and the foremost of the pious, spoke to those leading celestials, saying.
इत्युक्तो लोकपालैस्तैः स्वामी लोकस्य राघवः। अब्रवीद् विदशश्रेष्ठानरामो धर्मभृतां वरः॥