And having seen Sakra in this plight, he cursed his wife also, 'These weary thousand years you shall pass, feeding upon air, without food, engaged in asceticism in the dust, and you shall remain in this hermitage unseen of any. And when the irrepressible son of Dasaratha, Rāma, shall come to this deep wood, you shall be cleansed of your sin. And, O wicked one, ministering to him the rites of hospitality with a mind free from ignorance and covetousness, you shall in your own form with joy regain my side.'
तथा शप्त्वा च वै शक्रं भार्यामपि च शप्तवान्। इह वर्षसहस्राणि बहूनि निवसिष्यसि॥ वातभक्षा निराहारा तप्यन्ती भस्मशायिनी। अदृश्या सर्वभूतानामाश्रमेऽस्मिन् वसिष्यसि ॥ यदा त्वेतद् वनं घोरं रामो दशरथात्मजः। आगमिष्यति दुर्धर्षस्तदा पूता भविष्यसि॥ तस्यातिथ्येन दुर्वृत्ते लोभमोहविवर्जिता। मत्सकाशं मुदा युक्ता स्वं वपुर्धारयिष्यसि॥