His younger brother Laksmana, equally aggrieved, spoke to Kākutstha, thus bewailing being exercised with grief and almost beside himself with sorrow, consequent upon Sita's bereavement, saying.
तत्समुत्थेन शोकेन वाष्पोपहतचेतनम्॥ तं शोचमानं काकुत्स्थं नित्यं शोकपरायणम्। तुल्यदुःखोऽब्रवीद् भ्राता लक्ष्मणोऽनुनयं वचः॥