And sobbing again and again the lotus-eyed Rāma bewailed with his voice choked with the vapour of grief, exclaiming “Ah Sītā!”
बहुशः स तु निःश्वस्य रामो राजीवलोचनः। हा प्रियेति विचुक्रोश बहुशो वाष्पगद्गदः॥