Beholding the hermitage and cottage desolate and the seats strewn here and there, Rāma the son of Dasaratha looked around. And finding Sītā nowhere he raised up his beautiful arm and broke out into lamentations.
दृष्ट्वाऽऽश्रमपदं शून्यं रामो दशरथात्मजः। रहितां पर्णशालां च प्रविद्धान्यासनानि च॥ अदृष्ट्वा तत्र वेदेही संनिरीक्ष्य च सर्वशः। उवाच रामः प्राक्रुश्य प्रगृह्य रुचिरौ भुजौ॥