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[Tara arrives --- her lamentations.]

sa vānaramahārājaśśayānaśśaravikṣataḥ.

pratyuktō hētumadvākyairnōttaraṅ pratyapadyata4.19.1৷৷

Translation

śaravikṣataḥ struck down by arrow, śayānaḥ lying on the ground, saḥ he (Vali), vānaramahārājaḥ the king of monkeys, hētumadvākyaiḥ by reasonable words, pratyuktaḥ offered, uttaram reply, na pratyapadyata not found.

The king of monkeys lying on the ground struck by the arrow did not offer to reply after listening to Rama's appropriate answers (to his objections).