Hearing these words, Dasaratha's son tied the dress on Sītā having a similar character with himself. When she had put on the upper and under garments, the preceptor of the king, Vasiştha, his voice choked with the vapour of sorrow, dissuading Sita, said to Kaikeyi.
तासामेवंविधा वाचः शृण्वन् दशरथात्मजः। बबन्धैव तथा चीरं सीतया तुल्यशीलया॥ चीरे गृहीते तु तया सबाष्पो नृपतेर्गुरुः। निवार्य सीतां कैकेयीं वसिष्ठो वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥