Being thus accosted by Sugrīva, the virtuoussouled Rāghava, the slayer of foes, addressed him with the following words.
सबलां कुरु तां क्षिप्रं लतां काल इवागतः। एवमुक्तस्तु धर्मात्मा सुग्रीवेण स राघवः॥