Thus addressed, the deities answered Visnu, incapable of deterioration, saying,-Assuming the form of a human being, do you in battle slay Rāvana!
एवमुक्ताः सुराः सर्वे प्रत्यूचुर्विष्णुमव्ययम्। मानुषं रूपमास्थाय रावणं जहि संयुगे॥