Blessed is that land and forest and road and hill where you, Lord, have set your feet! Fortunate are the birds and beasts of the forest, whose lives have been crowned by your sight.

And lucky, too, are we and all our kinsfolk, who have feasted our eyes on your present! You have chosen an excellent spot to dwell in, and one where you will be comfortable in every season of the year

We will do you all possible service, protecting you from elephants and lions, snakes and tigers. We have explored, O Lord, every step of the rough and rugged woodlands, the hills and caves and ravines.

We will take you out hunting to the different haunts of game and show you lakes and springs and other reservoirs of water. We and al our kinsfolk are your servants, Lord; hesitate not to command us.’

The same gracious Lord, whom the Vedas fail to describe and the minds of the sages to comprehend, listened to the words of the Bhils as a father listens to the prattling of his children.

Love alone attracts Rama; let those who are curious take note of it. Rama then gratified all the forest-dwellers with gentle words abounding in love.

The Lord then saw them off. Having bowed their heads to him, they departed and went home, discoursing on the way of the Lord’s perfections. In this fashion Sita and the two brothers lived in the forest, delighting gods and sages.