Hearing those bold words of the ascetic, the son of that foremost of men, Rāghava firm in his vows, with clasped hands answered.
मुनेर्वचनमक्लीबं श्रुत्वा नरवरात्मजः। राघवः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा प्रत्युवाच दृढव्रतः॥