She is firmly attached. Uttering the name of Rāma, the foremost of the Ikşvākus, and of subdued soul and lauding his piety and fame in sweet accents, I shall so manage that Sītā might hear and believe them.
इक्ष्वाकूणां वरिष्ठस्य रामस्य विदितात्मनः। शुभानि धर्मयुक्तानि वचनानि समर्पयन्॥ श्रावयिष्यामि सर्वाणि मधुरां प्रब्रुवन् गिरम्। श्रद्धास्यति यथा सीता तथा सर्वं समादधे॥