Some days having clasped, he, with folded hands, said to Janaka, the king of Mithila, "You are our only refuge-we have reared by you and by the help of your dreadful prowess we have been able to destroy Rāvaņa.
ततः कतिपयाहःसु वैदेहं मिथिलाधिपम्। राघवः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह॥ भवान्हि गतिरव्यग्रा भवता पालिता वयम्। भवतस्तेजसोग्रेण रावणो निहतो मया॥