Do you patiently hear all these harsh words of the high-souled Rāma, racked with sorrow and separated from his spouse, which Laksmana, shall relate to you.
आर्तस्य हृतदारस्य परुषं पुरुषान्तरात्। वचनं मर्षणीयं ते राघवस्य महात्मनः॥