Then that magnanimous one, having a knowledge of the soul, mild, graceful, capable of controlling his senses, steady in his regard for Rāma, and ever following him, Sumantra, in company with those sons of the auspicious river, Mandakini.
ततो नित्यानुगस्तेषां विदितात्मा महामतिः। मृदुर्दान्तश्च कान्तश्च रामे च दृढभक्तिमान्॥ सुमन्त्रस्तैर्नृपसुतैः सार्धमाश्वास्य राघवम्। अवतारयदालम्ब्य नदीं मन्दाकिनी शिवाम्॥