When Viśvāmitra had gone away, king Dasaratha, greeting Mithila's lord, Vaideha, actively prepared for setting out for his own capital.
विश्वामित्रे गते राजा वैदेहं मिथिलाधिपम्। आपृष्दैव जगामाशु राजा दशरथः पुरीम्॥