O Laksmana where is Sītā? Where has she gone hence? O Saumitri, who has carried away my dear one or who has devoured her?
क्व नु लक्ष्मण वैदेही कं वा देशमितो गता। केनाहृता वा सौमित्रे भक्षिता केन वा प्रिया॥