And seeing that grim-visaged Rākşasa lying low on the ground, with his person bathed in blood, and rolling hither and thither, Rāma proceeded towards the asylum thinking of Sītā and revolving within himself Laksmana's words.
चक्रे स सुमहाकायो मारीचो जीवितं त्यजन्। तं दृष्ट्वा पतितं भूमौ राक्षसं भीमदर्शनम्॥ रामो रुधिरसिक्ताङ्ग चेष्टमानं महीतले। जगाम मनसा सीतां लक्ष्मणस्य वचः स्मरन् ॥