Thus addressed, she, who was weeping aloud, from the weakness natural to her sex, began to suspect Lakshmana adorned with a spotless character. And that chaste woman, devoted to her husband, began to level against Lakshmana these harsh words,
इत्युक्ता सा प्ररुदती पर्यशङ्कत लक्ष्मणम्॥ हता वै स्त्रीस्वभावेन शुक्लचारित्रभूषणा। सा तं परुषमारब्धा वक्तुं साध्वी पतिव्रता॥