- My elder brother who deserves to be attended by ministers and other subjects in the royal assembly sits here today in the forest surrounded by wild beasts. [2-99-31]
वासोभिर्बहुसाहस्रैर्यो महात्मा पुरोचितः | मृगाजिने सोऽयमिह प्रवस्ते धर्ममाचरन् || २-९९-३२
Such magnanimous Rama, a follower of dharma, accustomed to be attired in thousands of dresses in the past now clad in two deer skins, is practising righteousness. [2-99-32]
That Rama, who in accordance with tradition deserves accreditation of religious merit through sacrifices now seeks it through mortification of body. [2-99-34]