And beholding that highly powerful Rāghava and Laksmana, Vāli addressed them with the following bold and pious words.
तं दृष्ट्वा राघवं वाली लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम्। अब्रवीत् परुषं वाक्यं प्रश्रितं धर्मसंहितम्॥