O Kākutstha, if think you that she is somewhere in this forest, we shall leave no quarter untried. Do you not grieve. After Laks maņa had spoken thus out of fraternal affection, Rāma, with a composed heart, set out along with him in quest of Sītā.
मन्यसे यदि काकुत्स्थ मा स्म शोके मनः कृथाः।।१८ एवमुक्तः स सौहार्दाल्लक्ष्मणेन समाहितः। सह सौमित्रिणा रामो विचेतुमुपचक्रमे॥