Then Ráma and his brother stirred
By pity mourned the royal bird,
And, as their hands his limbs caressed,
Affection for a sire expressed.
And Ráma to his bosom strained
The bird with mangled wings distained,
With crimson blood-drops dyed.
In plain words: Rama and Lakshmana mourn the bird with pity and stroke his body as if he were their own father. Rama holds the blood-covered bird close to his chest.