O Sumiträ's son, do you hear the dulcet notes of the birds in the woods. Let us proceed. O repressor of foes, the time of our departure is present.
सौमित्रे शृणु वन्यानां वल्गु व्याहरतां स्वनम्। सम्प्रतिष्ठामहे कालः प्रस्थानस्य परंतप॥