And honoured of the Maharsis, Rāma happily dwelt in that cottage; and seated with Sītā that mighty-armed one looked like the moon in conjunction with Citrā. And he carried on various converse with his brother Lakşınana.
उवास सुखितस्तत्र पूज्यमानो महर्षिभिः। स रामः पर्णशालायामासीनः सह सीतया॥ विरराज महाबाहुश्चित्रया चन्द्रमा इव। लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्राता चकार विविधाः कथाः॥