Then the mighty and incomparable Rāma of eyes resembling lotus-petals said the charioteer, "Do you announce me to my father.” Thus commissioned by Rāma, the charioteer entering the apartment, found the king heaving sighs, his senses overwhelmed with grief.
ततः कमलपत्राक्षः श्यामो निरूपमो महान्। उवाच रामस्तं सूतं पितुराख्याहि मामिति ॥ स रामप्रेषितः क्षिप्रं संतापकलुषेन्द्रियम्। प्रविश्य नृपतिं सूतो निःश्वसन्तं ददर्श ह॥