Thus addressed, the girl, with joined hands, said, 'O ascetic, you are competent to get at my intent by virtue of your own power. Yet, O Brahmarși, know me as having come here at the mandate of my sire. My name is Kaikasī. The rest do you read yourself.
एवमुक्ता तु सा कन्या कृताञ्जलिरथाब्रवीत्। आत्मप्रभावेण मुने ज्ञातुमर्हसि मे मतम्॥ किं तु मां विद्धिब्रह्मर्षे शासनात्पितुरागताम्। कैकसी नाम नाम्नाहं शेषं त्वं ज्ञातुमर्हसि॥