सर्गः ५८
In which Rāma, confronting vacant leaf hut and ill omens, wanders wailing and implores every tree and animal for Sītā
Rāma notes throbbing eye stumbling and trembling — Rāma finds dwelling empty and disturbed — Rāma laments Sītā stolen dead hidden or fled — Rāma questions kadamba bilva arjuna and aśōka — Rāma questions deer elephant tiger for beloved — Rāma begs hiding Sītā to stop mocking him — Rāma imagines Rākṣasas devoured her tender limbs — Rāma runs forest to forest crying for beloved