And he saw the monarch like the sun afflicted by Rāhu, or like fire enveloped in ashes, or like a i tank deprived of its waters. Thereupon concluding that the king agitated by sorrow was bewailing Rāma, the charioteer said with joined hands.
उपरक्तमिवादित्यं भस्मच्छन्नमिवानलम्। तटाकमिव निस्तोयमपश्यज्जगतीपतिम्॥ आबोध्य च महाप्राज्ञः परमाकुलचेतनम्। राममेवानुशोचन्तं सूतः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत्॥