Hearing those words of Śūrpanakhā, able to make one's hair stand on end, (Ravana) ascertaining his course after issuing his orders to this counsellors, departed.
ततः शूर्पणखावाक्यं तच्छ्रुत्वा रोमहर्षणाम्। सचिवानभ्यनुज्ञाय कार्यं बुद्ध्वा जगाम ह॥