O Rāghava, you are the foremost of those skilled in the use of weapons, powerful and gifted with an excellent character, why do you not discharge weapons towards the Rākşasas?
एवमस्त्रविदां श्रेष्ठः सत्त्ववाञ्छीलवानपि॥ किमर्थमस्त्रं रक्षःसु न योजयसि राघव।