The unrighteous king, overmastered by his passion (for Sītā), in consequence of his sinful act as well as the loss of honour he sustained at the hands of his friends, became reduced.
स बभूव कृशो राजा मैथिलीकाममोहितः। असन्मानाच्च सुहृदां पापः पापेन कर्मणा॥