Thereupon returned Rāma after having slain the deer in the forest. Having returned and seen the vulture, dearer than his father, slain, Rāma, the descendant of Kākutstha was pained.
न्यवर्तत तदा रामो मृगं हत्वा तदा वने॥ निवर्तमानः काकुत्स्थो दृष्ट्वा गृधं स विव्यथे। गृधं हतं तदा दृष्ट्वा रामः प्रियतरं पितुः॥