Rāghava, as well as Lakşmaņa, who are the instruments of your attaining to this vast kingdom, and your friends for so long a time, are persons of incomparable prowess by virtue of their unequalled accomplishments. He has already performed your service, and it behoveth you now, O lord of monkeys, to command the foremost of monkeys to engage in his service.
कुलस्य हेतुः स्फीतस्य दीर्घबन्धुश्च राघवः। अप्रमेयप्रभावश्च स्वयं चाप्रतिमो गुणैः॥ कुरु वै कार्य पूर्वं तेन कृतं तव। हरीश्वर कपिश्रेष्ठानाज्ञापयितुमर्हसि ॥