Thus spoken to Maricha having performed his last rites (in anticipation of sure death) and with a heavy heart, followed Ravana who was going before him.
इत्येवमुक्तो मारीचः कृत्वोदकमथात्मनः॥ रावणं पुरतो यान्तमन्वगच्छत् सुदुःखितः।