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[Svayamprabha helps the monkeys to reach out of the cave --- Angada regrets for exceeding the time limit --- proposes fasting unto death fearing punishment --- the monkeys decide to end their life rather than return without Sita.]

ēvamuktaśśubhaṅ vākyaṅ tāpasyā dharmasaṅhitam.

uvāca hanumānvākyaṅ tāmaninditacēṣṭitām৷৷4.53.1৷৷

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tāpasyā by the hermitess, ēvam that way, dharmasaṅhitam coupled with righteousness, śubham auspicious, vākyam words, uktaḥ expressed, hanumān Hanuman, aninditacēṣṭitām blameless in actions, tām her, vākyam words, uvāca said.

To the auspicious words of the righteous, blameless hermitess Hanuman replied: