Announced the coming of the pair:

“See, here with Lakshmaṇ Ráma stands

Illustrious in a hundred lands.

Whose valiant heart will never quail

Although a thousand foes assail;

King Daśaratha's son, the grace

And glory of Ikshváku's race.

Obedient to his father's will

He cleaves to sacred duty still.

With rites of royal pomp and pride