 तयोस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहस्य मुनिपुङ्गव:।अब्रवीच्छ्रूयतां राम यस्यायं पूर्व आश्रम: ।। 
 On having heard their words, the foremost of sages gently smiled and said, "O Rama listen, who this hermitage belonged to in the past". 