The night being over, he first went through the morning sites and then with folded hands addressed the foremost of ascetics, Valmiki, saying.
तस्यां रजन्यां व्युष्टायां कृत्वा पौर्वाणिकक्रमम्। उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं शत्रुघ्नो मुनिपुङ्गवम्॥