Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 4: Daśaratha’s Anxiety About Coronating Rāma
Text 2.4.3
अथान्तर्गृहमाविश्य राजा दशरथस्तदा।
सूतमामन्त्रयामास रामं पुनरिहानय॥
athāntar-gṛham āviśya rājā daśarathas tadā
sūtam āmantrayām āsa rāmaṁ punar ihānaya
atha = then; antar-gṛham = his inner quarters; āviśya = entered and; rājā = King; daśarathaḥ = Daśaratha; tadā sūtam = Sumantra; āmantrayām āsa = ordered; rāmam = Rāma; punar = again; iha = here; ānaya = bring.
Then, King Daśaratha entered his inner quarters and ordered Sumantra, “Bring Rāma here again.”
That Daśaratha entered his inner quarters establishes that he had sent away his ministers.