Having stationed himself on the tree, casting his looks all around in quest of Sītā and looking down on the carth he surveyed the entire forest of (Asoka).
स वीक्षमाणस्तत्रस्थो मार्गमाणश्च मैथिलीम्। अवेक्षमाणश्च महीं सर्वां तामन्ववैक्षत॥