Hearing that cry in the forest resembling her husband's voice Sítā spake to Laksmana saying Do you go and learn what has befallen Rāghava.
आर्तस्वरं तु तं भर्तुर्विज्ञाय सदृशं वने। उवाच लक्ष्मणं सीता गच्छ जानीहि राघवम्॥