Having been conferred a boon by the ascetics, that hero entered upon a noble undertaking, and accompanied by the ascetics, in company with Laksmana directed his course to the hermitage of) Sutiksna.
दत्वा वरं चापि तपोधतानानां धर्मे धृतात्मा सह लक्ष्मणेन। तपोधनैश्चापि सहार्यदत्त : सुतीक्ष्णमेवाभिजगाम वीरः॥