Having delivered himself thus, Ocean disappeared. Then that foremost of monkeys, Nala, arising, spoke to the mighty Rāma.
एवमुक्त्वोदधिर्नष्टः समुत्थाय नलस्ततः। अब्रवीद्वानरश्रेष्ठो वाक्यं रामं महाबलम्॥