The highly intelligent Lakşmaņa, the slayer of foes, addressed Sugriva, the foremost O the monkeys, while he was thus being informed, saying.
एवं विज्ञाप्यमानं तं सुग्रीवं वानरर्षभम्। अपृच्छत्तं महाप्राज्ञो लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा॥