Remembering the extraordinary death of the Maharsi, that righteous descendant of Raghu, lamenting his son, thus spoke to Kausalyā.
वधमप्रतिरूपं तु महर्षेस्तस्य राघवः। विलपन्नेव धर्मात्मा कौसल्यामिदमब्रवीत्॥