On that place being burnt up, that lord of streams, the Ocean, thus spoke to Rāghava, versed in every branch of learning.
तस्मिन्दग्धे तदा कुक्षौ समुद्रः सरितां पतिः। राघवं सर्वशास्त्रज्ञमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥