Wherefore then, O bashful one, do you like that the illustrious and righteous Rāma, O exalted dame, should reside in the forest for five and nine years?
तस्य धर्मात्मनो देवि वने वासं यशस्विनः। कथं रोचयसे भीरु नव वर्षाणि पञ्च च ॥