Then Ráma vowed that he would slay Vālī. Thereupon the monkey described to Raghava the prowess of Vālī, and he feared lest Räma should not prove a match for Válī.
प्रतिज्ञातं च रामेण तदा वालिवधं प्रति ॥ वालिनश्च बलं तत्र कथयामास वानरः। सुग्रीवः शङ्कितश्चासीनित्यं वीर्येण राघवे॥