Thus addressed by the aggrieved Rāma, the monkey, Sugriva, his accents obstructed by vapour and his eyes filled with tears, said with joined hands,
एवमुक्तस्तु सुग्रीवो रामेणार्तेन वानरः। अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं सवाष्पं बाष्पगद्गदः॥