And searching that Śūdra devotee here and there Rāghava proceeded towards the west. And not beholding him there he went to the North bounded by the Himālayas.
प्रायात् प्रतीची हरितं विचिन्वंश्च ततस्ततः। उत्तरामगमच्छीमान्दिशं हिमवतावृताम्॥