Bharata engaged Guha and Śatrughna in searching for Rāma’s āśrama with their associates. He said that He would also search with His ministers and other associates. He proclaimed His eagerness to meet Rāma. He glorified Sītā-devī and Lakṣmaṇa for being in Rāma’s presence and entered the forest with some soldiers on foot. He reached a Sāla tree near Rāma’s āśrama and saw smoke coming out from a nearby place. Bharata concluded that this was Rāma’s āśrama and entered it in delight.