Having raised up his sister and consoled her Rāvana said, “Tell me speedily, O good sister, what you wish to say.” Thereat that she-demon, having blood-red eyes, closed with tears, said.
तां स्वसारं समुत्थाप्य रावणः परिसान्त्वयन्॥ अब्रवीत्किमिदं भद्रे वक्तुकामासि मां द्रुतम्। सा बाष्पपरिरुद्धाक्षी रक्ताक्षी वाक्यमब्रीत्॥