And approaching Rāvana and saluting him with joined hands, he informed his sire of the welcome tidings that Răma and Lakṣmaṇa had been slain.
तत्र रावणमासाद्य अभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः। आचचक्षे प्रियं पित्रे निहतौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥