This great desire is burning in my heart, that I should myself minister to that best of anchorets. Hearing these words of the righteous-souled Rama, Sutiksna, well pleased, answered Dasaratha's son.
यदहं तं मुनिवरं सुश्रूषेयमपि स्वयम्। इति रामस्य स मुनिः श्रुत्वा धर्मात्मनो वचः॥ सुतीक्ष्णः प्रत्युवाचेदं प्रीतो दशरथात्मजम्।