He searched for it in the forest here and there, as Rudra did in heaven for the sacrificial deer which was pierced with his arrow.
यथैव भगवान्रुद्रो विध्वा यज्ञमृगं दिवि। अन्वगच्छद्धनुष्पाणि: पर्यन्वेष्टुमितस्ततः॥