The foremost of the wives of the Rākşasas (king) bewailing piteously cast her looks poorly towards her husband. And beholding her Tennecked husband slain by Rāma of Inconceivable actions Mandodarī bewailed there piteously.
तासां विलपमानानां तदा राक्षसयोषिताम्। ज्येष्ठपत्नी प्रिया दीना भर्तारं समुदैक्षत॥ दशग्रीवं हतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाचिन्त्यकर्मणा। पतिं मण्डोदरी तत्र कृपणा पर्यदेवयत्॥