Interrogated by Jāmbavān as to how Sampāti came to know about Sītā's, abduction by Rāvana, the vulture tells him that it was his son, Supārśwa, who related to him how, one day, while he was ranging along the seashore in search of food, he had seen a young lady, shining brightly as gold, being borne away by an ogre, of whom he had come to know later on from the words of an eminent sage that they were no other than Sītā and Rāvana, respectively.