Thereupon that worker of iniquity went to the forest and went about seeing mountain fastnesses. Thus did the virtuous king Sagara renounce his son. But what offence has Rāma committed that he is to be banished?
स फालपिटकं गृह्य गिरिदुर्गाण्यलोकयत्। दिशः सर्वास्त्वनुचरन् स यथा पापकर्मकृत्॥ इत्येनमत्यजद् राजा सगरो वै सुधार्मिकः। रामः किंमकरोत् पापं येनैवमुपरुध्यते॥