राघवः संनिवश्यैव स्वसैन्यं रक्षसां वधे। संमन्त्र्य मन्त्रिभिः सार्धं निश्चित्य च पुनः पुनः॥ आनन्तर्यमभिप्रेप्सुः क्रमयोगार्थतत्त्ववित्।। बिभीषणस्यानुमते राजधर्ममनुस्मरन्॥ अङ्गदं वालितनयं समाहूयेदमब्रवीत्।
rāghavaḥ saṃnivaśyaiva svasainyaṃ rakṣasāṃ vadhe| saṃmantrya mantribhiḥ sārdhaṃ niścitya ca punaḥ punaḥ|| ānantaryamabhiprepsuḥ kramayogārthatattvavit|| bibhīṣaṇasyānumate rājadharmamanusmaran|| aṅgadaṃ vālitanayaṃ samāhūyedamabravīt|
English Meaning
Having arraigned his forces with the view of destroying the Räkşasa, Rāghava, versed in the resources of war, taking counsel of the counsellors, and deciding again and again his course of action, intending to adopt further measures, resolved to abide by the advice of Vibhīşaņa, remembering the morality regulating monarchs. And then, calling Vāli's son, Angada, (Rāma) said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)