As he was witnessing the exceedingly dreadful signs, Rāghava saw Lakşmaņa coming with a lacklustre (countenance); and Lakşmaņa came up to Rāma.
तानि दृष्ट्वा निमित्तानि महाघोरणि राघवः॥ ततो लक्ष्मणमायान्तं ददर्श विगतप्रभम्। ततो विदूरे रामेण समीयाय स लक्ष्मणः॥