Being thus accosted by Hanumān, Sītā resembling the daughter of a celestial, spoke, gently, words with their letters strung on the vapour of grief,
एवमुक्ता हनुमता सीता सुरसुतोपमा। उवाच वचनं मन्दं बाष्पप्रग्रथिताक्षरम्॥