Hearing these words and also accepting them in all ways, Rama performed all the propitiatory ceremonies; as also he advanced against the Danavas. Then he addressed those enemies of the celestials, who were possessed of insensibility, pride and enormous strength,
एतच्छुत्वा तु वचनं प्रतिगृह्य च सर्वशः॥ रामः कृतस्वस्त्ययनः प्रययौ दानवान् प्रति। अब्रवीद् देवशāस्तान् महादर्पबलान्वितान्॥