And on Dasaratha resuming silence, the worshipful saint Vasistha, versed in speech, spoke to Vaideha in company with his priests, saying,
तूष्णीभूते दशरथे वसिष्ठो भगवानृपिः॥ उवाच वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञो वैदेहं सपुरोधसम्।