While going to Daṇḍakāraṇya, Rāma heard the sounds of songs and musical instruments from within the water of a lake named Pañcāpsarā but He couldn’t see the singers and their musical instruments. Out of astonishment, He asked one of the accompanying sages about it. That excellent sage explained the history of that lake while Rāma listened. Rāma then saw a cluster of āśramas of sages. With Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, He stayed in each āśrama for a few months. He thus spent ten years and then returned to Sutīkṣṇa’s āśrama. He then expressed His eagerness to visit Agastya Muni’s āśrama and asked Sutīkṣṇa how He can go there. Sutīkṣṇa explained how to reach the āśrama of Agastya’s brother and requested Him to stay there for a night before proceeding to Agastya’s āśrama. While nearing the āśrama of Agastya’s brother, Rāma described Agastya’s destruction of two demons Ilvala and Vātāpi to Lakṣmaṇa. They met Agastya’s brother in the evening, offered him Their respects, and stayed there overnight. Early in the morning, when they reached Agastya’s āśrama, Rāma informed Lakṣmaṇa of Agastya’s prowess, for Agastya had restrained the growth of the Vindhya Mountain. Rāmacandra then instructed Lakṣmaṇa to inform Agastya about His arrival.