Daśaratha glorified Rāma’s auspicious qualities and established that He lacked any defect that would be a just cause to be exiled to the forest. He then humbly beseeched her to abandon her request for those two boons. Kaikeyī presented the examples of Śaibya and others and reaffirmed that he should grant her those two boons. Then Daśaratha criticized her with harsh words and again tried to placate her by falling at her feet.