अथ thereafter, सः राजा that king, मूहूर्तेन in a moment, प्रतिबुद्धः was awakened, शोकोपहतचेतनः with his spirit gripped by sorrow, चिन्ताम् worry, अभ्यपद्यत obtained.

Waking up in a moment tormented with grief, the king began to ponder once again. Dasaratha recalls the past he had shot an arrow at a hermit boy while he was filling a pot with water, mistaking the sound to be that of an elephant -- Dasaratha realizes the unintentional mistake in killing the boy.