Therefore, for obtaining refuge, have we come before you who are the refuge (of all). Do you, O Rāma, deliver us all, who are being exceedingly afflicted by the rangers of the night.
ततस्त्वां शरणार्थं च शरण्यं समुपस्थिताः। परिपालयं नो राम वध्यमानान् निशाचरैः॥