Accosting me with 'do you call (Vāli),' displaying your valour and making me struck by the enemy, what improper, conduct have you shown by me? You should have spoken me then truly, O Rāghava,-I shall not destroy Vali and I would not have gone there.
आह्वयस्वेति मामुक्त्वा दर्शयित्वा च विक्रमम्। वैरिणा घातयित्वा च किमिदानीं त्वया कृतम्॥ तामेव वेलां वक्तव्यं त्वया राघव तत्त्वतः। वालिनं न निहन्मीति ततो नाहमितो व्रजे॥