And having, according to their rank, seated themselves on gorgeous and superb seats of kuća or deerskins embroidered with gold, those foremost of sages-those mighty saints, versed in the Vedas, along with their disciples and leaders, having (previously) been asked as to their welfare, addressed Rāma, saying.
तेषु काञ्चनचित्रेषु महत्सु च वरेषु च॥ कुशान्तर्धानदत्तेषु मृगचर्मयुतेषु च। यथार्हमुपविष्टास्ते आसनेष्वृषिपुङ्गवाः॥ रामेण कुशलं पृष्टाः सशिष्याः सपुरोगमाः। महर्षयो वेदविदो रामं वचनमब्रुवन्।