Thereupon, O Rāma, going round that mighty elephant, and honouring him duly, they went on piercing the under earth.
ते तं प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा दिशापालं महागजम्। मानयन्तो हि ते राम जग्मुर्भित्त्वा रसातलम्॥