Seeing Rāvaņa approach with Kamandalu and wearing a red cloth under the guise of a Brāhmana, Maithelee could not pass by him any way, and considering him a twice-born one by various signs invited him as if a Brāhmana ,
द्विजातिवेषेण समीक्ष्य मैथिली समागतं पात्रकुसुम्भधारिणम्। न्यमन्त्रयद्ब्राह्मणवत् तथागतम्॥