Bowing down to the Ocean, that subduer of enemies, the Wind-god's son, endowed with dreadful prowess, began to ponder over the mighty mission with which he had been entrusted in the interests of Rāghava.
नमस्कृत्वा समुद्राय मारुतिर्भीमविक्रमः। राघवार्थे परं कर्म समीहत परंतपः॥