When Daśaratha promised to do as Kaikeyī wanted, she asked him to reaffirm his promise. After he did so, she made the devas and other celestials a witness to this event and reminded Daśaratha that during the war of the devas and asuras, he had given her two boons, and asked for those two boons now. She asked for the two boons as (1) Rāma should be exiled and (2) Bharata should be coronated as the crown prince.