हीनो भ्रात्रा च पित्रा च शून्यामिक्ष्वाकुपालिताम् | अयोध्यां न प्रवेक्ष्यामि प्रवेक्ष्यामि तपोवनम् || २-७७-१८
Devoid of my father and brother, I will not return to empty Ayodhya that was once ruled by the Ikshvakus. I will enter the grove of asceticism.' [2-77-18]
Having heard the lamentataions of both the brothers and reflecting the calamity befallen on them, the attendants felt extremely afflicted once again. [2-77-19]