Then the horses dragged away the car into Lanka and Ravana then saw that his son was not on the car. Knowing (from this) that his son was killed, Ravana, his mind being agitated with fear and afflicted with grief and sorrow was actuated with the desire of killing the daughter of the king of Mithila.
लङ्कां प्रवेशयामासुस्तं रथं वाजिनस्तदा। ददर्श रावणस्तं च रथं पुत्रविनाकृतम्॥ स पुत्रं निहतं ज्ञात्वा त्रासात् सम्भ्रान्तमानसः। रावणः शोकमोहा” वैदेहीं हन्तुमुद्यतः॥