Then the spies of the king informed him of the forces of Rāghava, incapable of being agitated, which had stationed themselves on Suvela. Hearing the arrival of Rāma's mighty army from the spies, Ravana was a little agitated, and he spoke to the ministers.
ततस्तमक्षोभ्यबलं लङ्कायां नृपतेश्चराः। सुवेले राघवं शैले निविष्टं प्रत्यवेदयन्॥ चाराणां रावणः श्रुत्वा प्राप्तं रामं महाबलम्। जातोद्वेगोऽभवत्किचित्सचिवानिदमब्रवीत्॥