This person is my guest and a Brahmin; he may curse me if I do not speak to him. Thinking this for a moment Sītā said.
ब्राह्मणश्चातिथिश्चैव अनुक्तो हि शपेत माम्। इति ध्यात्वा मुहूर्तं तु सीता वचनमब्रवीत्॥