Brahmā having thus said this, O Raghava, the foremost of monkeys saluted that god of gods, placing his head at his feet and said to that Primeval deity, the creator of beings and the lord of the universe. "O god, you are placing me under your behests-verily I shall follow them." Having said this to Patriarch that monkey immediately went to a forest abounding in fruits and flowers.
एवमुक्तः स चैतेन ब्रह्मणा वानरोत्तमः। प्रणम्य शिरसा पादौ देवदेवस्य राघव॥ उक्तवाँल्लोककर्तारमादिदेवं जगत्पतिम्। यथाज्ञापयसे देव स्थितोऽहं तव शासने॥ एवमुक्त्वा हरिदेवं ययौ हृष्टमनास्तदा। स तदा दुमखण्डेषु फलपुष्पधनेषु च॥