To secure my confidence, Sītā, in your very presence, entered fire. At that time, O Saumitri, fire, carrying sacrificial oblations and the wind of the sky declared Sītā's innocence before the celestials. in the presence of all the Rşis and gods, the Sun and Moon announced the innocence of the daughter of Janaka.
प्रत्ययार्थं ततः सीता विवेश ज्वलनं तदा। प्रत्यक्षं तव सौमित्रे देवानां हव्यवाहनः॥ अपापां मैथिलीमाह वायुश्चाकाशगोचरः। चन्द्रादित्यौ च शंसेते सुराणां संनिधौ पुरा ॥