Having offered them (the guests) water to wash their feet and Arghya, as well as fruits subsequently, that virtuous one (Bharadvāja) successively enquired after the welfare of their (respective) homes; and after that, of the forces, exchequer, friends and counsellors in Ayodhyā. And knowing that Dasaratha had departed this life, he did not ask anything relating to the monarch.
ताभ्यामर्थ्य च पाद्यं च दत्त्वा पश्चात् फलानि च। आनुपूर्व्याच्च धर्मज्ञः पप्रच्छ कुशलं कुले॥ अयोध्यायां बले कोशे मित्रेष्वपि च मन्त्रिषु। जानन् दशरथं वृत्तं न राजानमुदाहरत्॥