My mind is about to be possessed by grief, which I had never experienced before, for in the very presence of mine the graceful Jānaki, like Lakşmī herself, has disappeared from view.
अभूतपूर्वं शोकं मे मनः स्पष्टुमिवेच्छति। पश्यतो मे यथा नष्टा सीता श्रीरिव रूपिणी॥