O Kākutstha, O Laksmana, save me! Thus did that best of females, afflicted with fear, bewail; and those near (her) heard her lamentations.
त्राहि मामद्य काकुत्स्थ लक्ष्मणेति वराङ्गना। सुसंत्रस्ता समाक्रन्दच्छृण्वतां तु यथान्तिके ॥