Hearing Sumantra's words, Dasaratha was exceedingly delighted. And hearing these words, and permitted by Vasistha, he, accompanied with the ladies, and his courtiers, set out for the place where that twice-born one was.
सुमन्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा हृष्टो दशरथोऽभवत्। अनुमान्य वसिष्ठं च सूतवाक्यं निशाम्य च॥ सान्तःपुरः सहामात्यः प्रययौ यत्र स द्विजः।