चिन्तयित्वा स च नृपो मुमोह व्याकुलेन्द्रियः | अथ दीर्घीण कालेन संज्ञामाप परन्तपः || २-६२-२
The king (Dasaratha) tormentor of enemies, for a while, lost his consciousness, his senses bewildered. After a long time he regained his senses. [2-62-2]
While he was thus reflecting on a sinful act he had inadvertently comitted long ago, the act of discharging an arrow that could hit its target following the sound, flashed in his mind. [2-62-4]
The great king, the lord with a broken heart started regretting deeply about both the grievous acts he had committed previously (one is shooting at the son of a sage and the other, banishing Rama). [2-62-5]