But that foremost of the Rakshasas disregarding all those things and assuming his natural shape began to cheer up the Princess of Videha saying,
अवमन्य ततः सर्वं स्वरूपं प्रत्यपद्यत। सान्त्वयामास वैदेहीमिति राक्षसपुङ्गवः॥