Mārīca has given up his ghost exclaiming aloud Ah! Sītā, Ah! Laksmana. I do not know what shall Sītā do hearing the cry? And what shall the mighty-armed Laksmana do?
हा सीते लक्ष्मणेत्येवमाक्रुश्य तु महास्वनम्। ममार राक्षसः सोऽयं श्रुत्वा सीता कथं भवेत्॥