Hearing the words of Raghava, the subjects with their heads downwards remained motionless like so many dead bodies.
तच्छ्रुत्वा राघवेणोक्तं सर्वाः प्रकृतयो भृशम्। मूर्धभिः प्रणता भूमौ गतसत्त्वा इवाभवन्॥