Hearing those sweet and piteous accents of Vaidehi I again spoke to that worshipful dame, saying. 'Forsooth can I swear by you, O worshipful dame, that Rāma is sorely stricken with grief in your absence. And Lakšmaņa too relent heavily beholding him laden with sorrow.
वैदेह्या वचनं श्रुत्वा करुणं साधुभाषितम्॥ । पुनरप्यहमारू तामिदं वचनमब्रवम्। त्वच्छोकविमुखो रामो देवि सत्येन ते शपे॥ रामे दुःखाभिभूते च लक्ष्मणः परितप्यते।