Rāghava is still under twelve years of age and had not been well disciplined in military arts. But I have soldiers enough, and if permitted by you, O you best of ascetics, I shall with my fourfold forces kill your enemies, the rangers of the night.
ऊनद्वादशवर्णोऽयमकृतास्त्रश्च राघवः॥ कामं तु मम तत् सैन्यं मया सह गमिष्यति। बलेन चतुरङ्गेण स्वयमेत्य निशाचरम्॥ वधिष्यामि मुनिश्रेष्ठ शत्रु तव यथेप्सितम्।