Then with depressed spirits, and exceedingly afflicted, with tears flooding their eyes, smitten with mortal grief, the inhabitants of the city went back from Rāma to the city. And with their lives appearing as ready to go out, those unsteady ones came to their respective homes, and surrounded by their wives and sons, washed their faces with copious tears.
तेषामेवं विषण्णानां पीडितानामतीव च। बाष्पविप्लुतनेत्राणां सशोकानां मुमूर्षया॥ अभिगम्य निवृत्तानां रामं नगरवासिनाम्। उद्गतानीव सत्त्वानि बभूवुरमनस्विनाम्॥ स्वं स्वं निलयमागम्य पुत्रदारैः समावृताः। अश्रूणि मुमुचुः सर्वे बाष्पेण पिहिताननाः॥