She, saluting those sages grown old in the practice of austerities, stood in an attitude of humility. In that forest she was offered 'welcome' by those ascetics.
साभिवाद्य तपोवृद्धान् विनयावनता स्थिता। स्वागतं त इति प्रोक्ता तैः सर्वैस्ताप्रसोत्तमैः॥