Then entering upon the Vānaprastha mode of life, Rāma along with Lakşmaņa assuming the vow of that life, observed to that adherent of his, Guha.
ततो वैखानसं मार्गमास्थितः सहलक्ष्मणः। व्रतमादिष्टवान् रामः सहायं गुहमब्रवीत्॥