Hearing those words of them, Råma and the audience were greatly worked up with curiosity and surprise. There upon being anxious to learn of the origin of the poem, the highly effulgent Rāma asked the two Muni boys, saying. What is the proof of the story of this poem?
तथा तयोः प्रब्रुवतोः कौतूहलसमन्विताः। श्रोतारश्चैव रामश्च सर्व एव सुविस्मिताः॥ तस्य चैवागमं रामः काव्यस्य श्रोतुमुत्सुकः। पप्रच्छ तौ महातेजास्तावुभौ मुनिदारकौ॥