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Hearing these words, Sugriva spoke to

Rama thus : "O foremost of forgiving

persons, know Vibhishana to have been

sent by Ravana.
I think it proper that

he should be punished."
 
YUDDHAKANDA
 

 
अथ संस्कारसंपन्नो हनूमान् सचिवोत्तमः ।

उवाच वचनं श्लक्षणम् अर्थवन्मधुरं लघु ॥
 

Then the cultured Hanuman, foremost

of counsellors, spoke clearly, gently,
 

simply, and with high significance :
 

 
दौरास्म्यं रावणो दृष्ट्वा विक्रमं च तथा त्वयि ।

राज्यं प्रार्थयमानश्च बुद्धिपूर्वमिहागतः ॥
 
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Perceiving wickedness in Ravana and

valour likewise in you, he has come here

deliberately, being desirous of obtaining

the kingdom."
 

 
अथ रामः प्रसन्नात्मा श्रुत्वा वायुसुतस्य ह ।

प्रत्यभाषत दुर्धर्षः श्रुतवानात्मनि स्थितम् ॥
 

Then, hearing the words of the son of

Vayu, Rama, serene in heart, unshaken of

purpose and well-versed in precedents,
 

replied, expressing his own mind :