O highly illustrious Rāma, I am born in the race of sūdras; and with a view to reach the region of the celestials with my body I am going through these austere penances.
शूद्रयोन्यां प्रजातोऽस्मि तप उग्रं समास्थितः। देवत्वं प्रार्थये राम सशरीरो महायशः॥