And as Rāghava beheld them advance, he resisted them by means of sharp and keen-edged shafts, even as one receives guests that have come.
दृष्ट्वैवापततस्तांस्तु राघवः सायकैः शितैः॥ तीक्ष्णाग्रैः प्रतिजग्राह सम्प्राप्तानतिथीनिव।