Thereupon Rāma, being stricken with curiosity, with folded palms and humbly accosted Agastya, residing in the southern quarter, with pregnant accents, saying.
अपृच्छत तदा रामो दक्षिणाशाश्रयं मुनिम्। प्राञ्जलिविनयोपेत इदमाह वचोऽर्थवत्॥