All being ready for the installation of Raghava, Kaikeyi, one of my mothers-in-law, requested a boon of her lord. “In the thirteenth year, the king with the approval of his ministers decided to enthrone Rama. For twelve years, I dwelt in the palace of Ikshvaku, where all my desires were gratified and I enjoyed every comfort. “May good betide you! I am the daughter of the high-souled Janaka, the King of Mithila, my name is Sita and I am the beloved consort of Rama. ‘This person is my guest and a brahmin if I do not answer him he may curse me!’ and thinking thus, she said:. Thus addressed by Ravana in the guise of a mendicant, who had resolved to bear her away, Sita reflected:.
