The righteous one remembering Rāghava repented himself, as if he had slain a Brāhmaṇa through inordinate desire, or as if he had placed his hand in fire.
हत्वेव ब्राह्मणं कामात् स्पृष्ट्वाग्निमिव पाणिना। अन्वतप्यत धर्मात्मा पुत्रं संचिन्त्य राघवम्॥