Thereupon, Rāma asked all the ministers, saying:-"What is to be done now? What punishment is to be inflicted on him? We can protect subjects, if we can administer punishment proportionate to crime."
अथ रामेण संपृष्टाः सर्व एव सभासदः॥ किं कार्यमस्य वै बूत दण्डो वै कोऽस्य पात्यताम्। सम्यक्प्रणिहिते दण्डे प्रजा भवति रक्षिता॥