When Lord Ram reached the bow, he glanced at Sita (also known as Janki as she was the daughter of Janak). Intuitively he recognized what was going on inside her mind and heart because the Lord is ‘all-knowing’, and therefore he knows the inner thoughts of the other person’. So, the Lord lifted the bow in a playful manner (i.e. without any effort, easily, cheerfully and playfully), stringed it, and then pulled the string back right upto his ears (thereby bending the bow). (Lord Ram realised the emotional upheaval going on inside Sita. He could make it out from her face and her demeanours. The Lord saw that Sita was praying fervently to Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati to make it possible for him to break the bow. Sita’s anxiousness and a strong desire to have him as her groom were evident from her expressions. Lord Ram wanted to ascertain the wishes of Sita before he would touch the bow, but when he found that Sita longed to have him as her groom, he made a final decision of lifting the bow. Not only this, the Lord stringed it and then pulled its string back upto his ears in a mode that is done when one shoots an arrow from a bow.)