Delighted at her beauty and having spoken highly of Narmadā like to Gangă he addressed his ministers Suka and Sāraṇa with gestures, saying:-“Behold, having rendered the earth pale, with his many rays, the sun, emitting parching heat, is in the sky.
प्रख्याय नर्मदां सोऽथ गङ्गेयमिति रावणः। नर्मदादर्शने हर्षमाप्तवान्स दशाननः॥ उवाच सचिवांस्तत्र सलीलं शुकसारणौ। एष रश्मिसहस्रेण जगत्कृत्वेव काञ्चनम्॥ तीक्ष्णतापकरः सूर्यो नभसो मध्यमास्थितः।