Having seen the city (people) absorbed in one single thought, the prosperous king, griefstricken, fell down on the ground like a tree severed at its root. [2-40-36]
हा रामेति जनाः केचिद्राममातेति चापरे | अन्तःपुरं समृद्धं च क्रोशन्तः पर्यदेवयन् || २-४०-३८
Some among them wailed 'Oh Rama', while some others cried 'Oh mother of Rama' By crying loudly, they made the women in the inner apartment cry too. [2-40-38]