Then Rāma spoke to the ascetic, O Brahmana, how did those exceedingly mighty brothers carry on austerities in that forest; and what kind of penances was theirs?
अथाब्रवीन्मुनि रामः कथं ते भ्रातरो भने। कीदृशं तु तदा ब्रह्मस्तपस्तेपुर्महाबलाः॥