Hearing Vaidehī's piteous words uttered with tearful eyes, that leader of monkey-bands, the exceedingly energetic Hanumān, said,
वैदेह्या वचनं श्रुत्वा करुणं साश्रु भाषितम्। अथाब्रवीन्महातेजा हनुमान् हरियूथपः॥