When Bharata and Śatrughna departed for Their maternal uncle’s kingdom, Daśaratha noticed the abundance of auspicious qualities in Rāma and desired to appoint Rāma as his heir apparent. He had kings from various lands brought to finalize his decision. Daśaratha entered his assembly hall with those kings.

Daśaratha submitted to the assembly that because he was getting old and could succumb to death soon, he wanted to hand over the responsibility of ruling the kingdom to Rāma and retire. The members of the assembly accepted his proposal. Then, to understand their intentions, Daśaratha asked them why Rāma should be installed as the heir apparent now. Then, they delineated Śrī Rāma’s auspicious characteristics and entreated him to coronate Śrī Rāma as his heir apparent.