Rāma went to Sutīkṣṇa’s āśrama with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa. He offered His respects to the sage and requested him to show a place where He could reside for the years to come. Sutīkṣṇa told Rāma that his āśrama had nice features for His residence and that the only defect in his āśrama was that herds of deer came to disturb the meditation of the ascetics there. Rāma then decided to refrain from making this place his residence.