Daśaratha had followed the path taken by Rāma’s chariot. When he no longer saw the dust raised by that chariot, he fell on the ground in distress. When Kaikeyī and Kausalyā approached him to help him, he criticized Kaikeyī and forbade her from touching him. Kausalyā brought the king up and returned with him. On the king’s order, he was brought to Kausalyā’s residence. When the king lamented about Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā while lying down, Kausalyā sat next to him and lamented in distress.