Remembering Kaikeyī’s evil acts, Bharata’s anger increased and He criticized her again and again. He illustrated Kausalyā’s inability to tolerate being without her son by citing the history of a kāmadhenu cow. He then said that He would bring Rāma back from the forest, have Him coronated as the king and go to the forest to fulfill His father’s promise instead of Rāma. He then fell on the floor in perplexity due to excessive distress.