Even as Hanuman stood ready to leave, Sita quoted another incident from the past. She asked Hanuman to remind Rama of the day when the vermilion on her brow had melted away and how he had instantly produced some more by pulverising a gemstone. She also repeated another question to be asked Rama, she wanting to know why he, who had then sent the most powerful Brahmastra at so paltry a bird like the crow, was not punishing Ravana. "Save me from this rakshasa who looks at me with lust in his eyes and evil in his heart. I can no longer survive on this island." She wanted Hanuman to tell Rama that by sending away the Chudaamani she would lose what little solace it was bringing her. Pouring out her anguish she said, "Believing that so long as I was alive I would one day meet you, I bear this torment amongst these misshapen barbaric hordes whose language is vile and whose ways are wicked". Having voiced her woeful message Sita stood silently, watching Hanuman grow his body for his leap across the sea.