Hearing the words of the high-souled Śatrughna, Vālmīki, the foremost of ascetics, replied saying: “O you of great renown, do you wait here without any hesitation. O gentle one, this hermitage belongs to the descendants of the Raghu face. Do you fearlessly take your seat and water to wash your feet.”
शत्रुघ्नस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मुनिपुङ्गवः। प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं स्वागतं ते महायशः॥ स्वमाश्रममिदं सौम्य राघवाणां कुलस्य वै। आसनं पाद्यमयं च निर्विशङ्कः प्रतीच्छ मे॥