Dasaratha having repaired, Mahendra greatly delighted spoke to Rāghava, stationed there with folded hands, saying.
प्रतिप्रयाते काकुत्स्थे महेन्द्रः पाकशासनः। अब्रवीत्परमप्रीतो राघवं प्राञ्जलिं स्थितम्॥