Thus spoken to, the princes of Videha endued with a beautiful face, turning away (from Ravana) and considering him as something more insignificant than a straw thus replied to him.
इत्युक्ता तेन वैदेही परिवृत्य शुभानना। तृणमन्तरतः कृत्वा तमुवाच निशाचरम्॥