Beholding the dreadful encounter between Rāma and Rāvaņa capable of making people's down stand on end, the celestials with ascetics began to pray, May good betide the Brahmins and cows, may people live in peace and may Rāghava defeat Rāvana, the lord of Räkşasas, in the conflict.
स्वस्ति गोब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तु लोकास्तिष्ठन्तु शाश्वतः। जयतां राघवः संख्ये रावणं राक्षसेश्वरम्॥ एवं जपन्तोऽपश्यंस्ते देवाः सर्षिगणास्तदा। रामरावणयोर्युद्धं सुघोरं रोमहर्षणम् ॥