Thereupon beholding Rāma in the assembly that effulgent and leading twice-born one said: "O blameless Rāma, tell me what I shall do for you. Whereto Rāmă said "Otwice-born one, you have hurt this dog. What offence did it commit by you that you did strike it severely with a rod.
अथ द्विजवरस्तत्र रामं दृष्ट्वा महाद्युतिः॥ किं ते कार्यं मया राम तब्रूहि त्वं ममानघ। एवमुक्तस्तु विप्रेण रामो वचनमब्रवीत्॥ त्वया दत्तः प्रहारोऽयं सारमेयस्य वै द्विजा किं तवापकृतं विप्र दण्डेनाभिहतो यतः॥