Being accosted by Rāma, the dog said: "O Rāghava, I was the head of the family of Kālanyava. After the worship of the deities and Brāhmaṇa and the feasting of the servants, male, and female, I used to take my food. I used to parcel out things duly, and my mind was not in the least attached to sin. I used to preserve with great care the articles belonging to the tutelary deities, was humble, good-natured and engaged in the wellbeing of all animals.
अथ पृष्टस्तु रामेण सारमेयोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥ अहं कुलपतिस्तत्र आसं शिष्टान्नभोजनः। देवद्विजातिपूजायां दासीदासेषु राघव॥ संविभागी शुभरतिर्देवद्रव्यस्य रक्षिता। विनीतः शीलसंपन्न: सर्वसत्त्वहिते रतः॥