And casting his looks behind behind while proceeding he espied that Sītā, on the other side of the Gangă, was rowing wildly like one having none to look after her. Looking again and again when Sītā saw that Lakşmaņa and the chariot have gone beyond the range of her vision, she became overwhelmed with anxiety and grief.
मुहुर्मुहुः परावृत्य दृष्ट्वा सीतामनाथवत्॥ चेष्टन्तीं परतीरस्थां लक्ष्मणः प्रययावथ। दूरस्थे रथमालोक्य लक्ष्मणं च मुहुर्मुहुः। निरीक्षमाणां तूद्विग्नां सीतां शोकः समाविशत्।।२५