And seeing him in the forest, the exalted Rāma and Lakşmaņa, as they were conversing with each other, knowing the bird to be (in reality) a Raksasa, asked him, saying, Who are you?
तं दृष्ट्वा तौ महाभागौ वनस्थं रामलक्ष्मणौ। मेनाते राक्षसं पक्षिं ब्रुवाणौ को भवानिति॥