(After the marriage, the friends of Sita began to tease her in a friendly and playful manner when they found that she was feeling shy to look up directly at Lord Ram, the bridegroom, and out of modesty had her eyes looking down. They joked—) ‘Oh young lady of beauty and charm (navalā nāri)! Why do you have your gaze transfixed and appear to be dazed as if in awe and wonder! Why are you hesitantly hiding your face with your veil? A moon similar to him (Sri Ram's charming face) adorns the sky, and don’t you ever look at it?