Looking at Sri Ram, all the assembled kings (who had gathered at the venue of the bow ceremony to try their luck by lifting the bow) lost all hopes of ever marrying Sita, and they speculated that now Janak would certainly marry Sita to the darkcomplexioned groom by abandoning his stubbornness and revoking his declared vow (that only the person who lifts and strings the bow would be betrothalled to Sita).