O'erwhelmed with sorrow, made his moan.

E'en as the bird that drinks the rains[632]

To Indra thousand-eyed complains.

Then Lakshmaṇ who had wandered through

The copses where the berries grew,

Returning to the cavern found

His brother chief in sorrow drowned,

And pitying the woes that broke

The spirit of the hero spoke:

“Why cast thy strength of soul away,