Rāma stricken with grief spoke to Lakşmaņa the following piteous words saying, O Laks mana, do you speedily repair to the river Godaverſ and learn if Sītā has gone there to fetch lotuses.
स दीनो दीनया वाचा लक्ष्मणं वाक्यमब्रवीत्। शीघ्रं लक्ष्मण जानीहि गत्वा गोदावरी नदीम्॥ अपि गोदावरी सीता पद्मान्यानयितुं गता।