Hearing those sorrowful words of the Brāhmaṇa, Rāma was greatly sorry and sent for Vasistha, Vamadeva, his brothers, citizens and councillors.
तथा तु करुणं तस्य द्विजस्य परिदेवनम्। शुश्राव राघवः सर्वं दुःखशोकसमन्वितम्॥ स दुःखेन च संतप्तो मन्त्रिणस्तानुपाह्वयत्। वसिष्ठं वामदेवं च भ्रातृ॑श्च सह नैगमान्॥