त्वन्मित्रनाशो निजमित्रलाभः
समेतसैन्यः स च मित्रकृच्छ्रे ।
भोग्यो वशः पश्य शरेण शत्रोः
प्रसाधितो वालिवधे न कोऽर्थः ॥

Karandikar Destruction of your friend (Vali), acquisition of a friend (Sugriva) for one's self, and he (too) along with his army useful and subservient in the calamity on his friend (Rama) —see what objective has not been achieved by the arrow of the enemy in the slaying of Vali ?

छन्दः उपजातिः [११]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्