सखे O friend, अहं तु I also, तैः by those, चिह्नैः by the signs, भ्रातरम् my brother, हतम् killed, बुद्ध्या with my understanding, अवगतः came to know, गिरिमात्रया of the size of a mountain, शिलया with a rock, बिलद्वारम् the entrance of the mountain, पिधाय blocking, च and, शोकार्तः immersed in sorrow, उदकं कृत्वा offering oblations, किष्किन्धाम् to Kishkindha, आगतः came, मे me, गूहमानस्य intending to hide the fact, मन्त्रिभिः by the ministers, तत्त्वम् truth, यत्नतः efforts, श्रुतम् heard.

'O friend by those signs I understood that my brother was killed and concluding that way I blocked the entrance of the cave with a rock of the size of a mountain and offered oblations to my brother and came to Kishkinda. I intended to hide the fact of Vali's death. But the ministers came to know the truth with their efforts.