Hearing those words of the vicious-souled Kabandha, Rāma having his countenance dried up, bespoke Laksmana-O you, having truth for your prowess, again and again, greater and worse calamities have been threatening us. We have already met with a dire disaster leading to our death, consequent on my separation from my dear one.
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा कबन्धस्य दुरात्मनः॥ उवाच लक्ष्मणं रामो मुखेन परिशुष्यता। कृच्छात् कृच्छ्रतरं प्राप्य वारुणं सत्यविक्रम ॥ व्यसनं जीवितान्ताय प्राप्तमप्राप्य तां प्रियाम्।