And beholding it empty and still, Sumantra afflicted with exceeding sorrow, and overwhelmed with grief, thought, “Perhaps the city with her elephants and horses and men and king has been consumed by the fire of grief on account of Rāma."
स शून्यामिव निःशब्दां दृष्ट्वा परमदुर्मनाः। सुमन्त्रश्चिन्तयामास शोकवेगसमाहतः॥ कच्चिन सगजा साश्वा सजना सजनाधिपा। रामसंतापदुःखेन दग्धा शोकाग्निना पुरी।७।।