Shatrughna replies, “Listen, fair one—do not lay a needless charge. If those two did anything improper, exact its price from us. Your household married into ours before learning everyone’s conduct; darling, do not preserve your grievance—let us settle the matter now. For the sake of those women whose cause makes you angry, all four brothers stand ready to serve you.”
Hearing Shatrughna’s words, a delicate maiden says, “Darling, where did you acquire such cleverness? Did you marry some treasury of feminine virtues, or keep company with courtesans? We can see strange new signs in you that do not appear in your three brothers.”
Shatrughna answers, “Fair one, only an informer could know such secrets; we consider you more accomplished even than courtesans. Yet our hearts perceive you all in one and the same way: because you are our dear companions, you and we must certainly become kin.”
Hearing this fresh and skillful reply, Princess Siddhi says, “Listen, Raghunandana—king of rasikas, root of bliss, wanderer in delight! You appear so charming that even Kama would be enchanted by your beauty; how, then, can any woman in Ayodhya possibly have escaped you?”
Having spoken, lovely Siddhi remains standing there, filled with delight. Raghunandana takes her hand and answers in an exceedingly gentle voice.
Dohā
The Creator has bound the world within the limits of propriety; king and pauper alike, and every chaste woman, conduct themselves accordingly.