Then recollecting that revered lady's resolve, and his own terrible oath, he, sighing forth, “O Rāma," dropped down like a felled tree.
स देव्या व्यवसायं च घोरं च शपथं कृतम्। ध्यात्वा रामेऽतिनिःश्वस्यच्छिन्नस्तरुरिवापतत्॥