Thereupon the self-possessed Rāma answered that blazing and truth-telling Brāhmana of fiery austerities, like Vasava answering Brahma.
तमुग्रतपसं दीप्तं महर्षि सत्यवादिनम्। प्रत्युवाचात्मवान रामो ब्रह्माणमिव वासवः॥