ततः then, शूरः hero, सेनापतिः chief of army, नीलाम्बुदनिभ: one whose body is like dark cloud, प्रहस्तोनाम: called Prahastha, राक्षसः Rakshasa, प्राञ्जलिः with folded palms, वाक्यम् these words. अब्रवीत् spoke.

Then a Rakshasa whose body was like a dark cloud, called Prahastha, the heroic chief of the army, spoke these words with folded palms. Prahastha and others assure Ravana that they will kill Rama and others.