Markandeya said : O best of the Bharatas, well pleased with Rama, the corners of whose eyes were red, his father again said to him "O highly resplendent one, now that the fourteen years (of your exile) are complete, repair to Ayodhya and reign there."
मार्कण्डेय उवाच तमुवाच पिता गच्छायोध्यां प्रशाधीति रामं रक्तान्तलोचनम्॥ सम्पूर्णानीह वर्षाणि चतुर्दश महाद्युते।