Ah! mighty Laksmana, ever ministering to the satisfaction of your superiors, do you not know that I have been stolen away by a Rākṣasa assuming shapes at will?
हा लक्ष्मण महाबाहो गुरुचित्तप्रसादक। ह्रियमाणां न जानीषे रक्षसा कामरूपिणा॥