O Sumitra's son, nothing can impart to me greater anguish than the touching of Vaidehi by another, which surpasses my father's demise and my having been deprived of the kingdom.”'
परस्पर्शात् तु वैदेह्या न दुःखतरमस्ति मे। पितुर्विनाशात् सौमित्रे स्वराज्यहरणात् तथा॥