All other ministers and priests agreed with Vasistha's words. There upon hearing their moral counsels, Rama said to Lakşmaņa before the assembly.
तेषां तत्समवेतानां वाक्यं धर्मार्थसंहितम्। श्रुत्वा परिषदो मध्ये रामो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत्॥