He roamed about with maddened brain.

Each grove and glade he searched with care,

He sought, but found no Sítá there.

He wildly rushed from hill to hill;

From tree to tree, from rill to rill,

As bitter woe his bosom rent

Still Ráma roamed with fond lament:

“O sweet Kadamba say has she

Who loved thy bloom been seen by thee?

If thou have seen her face most fair,