Śrī Rāma offered His obeisances unto the feet of Daśaratha and Kaikeyī. Upon hearing Daśaratha’s piteous words and so on, He inferred Daśaratha’s distress and inquired about it from Kaikeyī. Kaikeyī had Rāma promise that He would do what His father wanted and then informed Him that Daśaratha had granted her two boons that He be banished and that Bharata be coronated as the crown prince. She also told Rāma that Daśaratha was in distress about their impending separation.