अथाब्रवीन्मुनि रामः कथं ते भ्रातरो भने। कीदृशं तु तदा ब्रह्मस्तपस्तेपुर्महाबलाः॥
athābravīnmuni rāmaḥ kathaṃ te bhrātaro bhane| kīdṛśaṃ tu tadā brahmastapastepurmahābalāḥ||
English Meaning
Then Rāma spoke to the ascetic, O Brahmana, how did those exceedingly mighty brothers carry on austerities in that forest; and what kind of penances was theirs?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)