Lomasha said: Having forbidden his son by saying “They are Rakshashas," Vibhandaka went in search of her. When after three days' search he did not find her, he then returned to his hermitage.
रक्षांसि तानीति निवार्य पुत्रं विभाण्डकस्तां मृगयाम्बभूव। नासादयामास यदा त्र्यहेण तदा स पर्याववृतेऽऽश्रमाय॥