Thereupon embracing Sugrīva, of a pleasant countenance and like to Lakşmaņa, the highly wise Rāma spoke to him, saying,
ततो रामः परिष्वज्य सुग्रीवं प्रियदर्शनम्। प्रत्युवाच महाप्राज्ञो लक्ष्मणानुगतं वचः॥