Rāma was unshaken in His firm determination to carry out His father’s instructions. Kausalyā told Him that she would not be able to tolerate being separated from Him and so told Him that she would follow Him to the forest. Rāma then praised the service rendered by a wife to her husband and informed her that it is the mandatory duty of women to serve their husbands. She then very sorrowfully accepted Rāma’s departure to the forest.