Entering there duly, the monkey, who was already known to Sītā, espied her, having her person not cleaned, like Rohiņi oppressed by Rāhu, sitting at the foot of a tree, devoid of joy and encircled by she-demons. And approaching her and bowing to her, he stood there humbly and unmoved.
संप्रविश्य यथान्यायं सीताया विदितो हरिः। ददर्श मृजया हीनां सातङ्कां रोहिणीमिव॥ वृक्षमूले निरानन्दा राक्षसीभिः परीवृताम्। निभृतः प्रणतः प्रह्वः सोऽभिगम्याभिवाद्य च॥