In speechless woe the father heard,
Wept with loud cries, but spoke no word.
Then Ráma touched his senseless feet,
And hers, for honour most unmeet;
Round both his circling steps he bent,
Then from the bower the hero went.
In plain words: The king hears everything, weeping loudly but unable to speak. Rama touches the feet of his fainted father and of Kaikeyi, though she did not deserve it, walks around them both in respect, and leaves the room.