O descendant of Bharata, retracing his way with all speed, over four miles he came to his mother and began to sigh like a snake in sorrow and grief.
गव्यूतिमात्रादागत्य त्वरितो मातरं प्रति। शोकदुःखपरीतात्मा निःशश्वासोरगो यथा॥