There I wandered all the night (seeking for Janaka's daughter) and (at length) entered Rāvana's inner apartment; but that one of a Deity waist I found not. And not finding Sītā in Ravana's abode, I was cast in a sea of sorrow; nor found I how to cross over it.
तत्राहं सर्वरात्रं तु विचरञ्जनकात्मजाम्। रावणान्त:पुरगतो न चापश्यं सुमध्यमाम्॥ ततः सीतामपश्यंस्तु रावणस्य निवेशने। शोकसागरमासाद्य न पारमुपलक्षये।।५३ ।