When Kaikeyī again expressed her obstinacy about her two boons, Daśaratha pitiously lamented about himself and criticized Kaikeyī in many ways. From sunset till sunrise, he lamented sorrowfully and humbly begged Kaikeyī to give the kingdom to Rāma. Kaikeyī forcefully rejected Daśaratha’s prayers, and Daśaratha fainted and fell on the floor. When the vaitālika bards woke him up early in the morning with their auspicious music, he restrained them from their efforts.