Having been bent upon mounting Suvela, Rāma, followed by Lakşmaņa, addressed in sweet and excellent words, Sugriva, and that righteous night-ranger, Vibhisana, versed in। counsel and conversant with precepts, who was devoted to him, saying.
स तु कृत्वा सुवेलस्य मतिमारोहणं प्रति। लक्ष्मणानुगतो रामः सुग्रीवमिदमब्रवीत्॥ विभीषणं च धर्मज्ञमनुरक्तं निशाचरम्। मन्त्रज्ञं च विधिज्ञं च श्लक्ष्णया परया गिरा॥