Placing his beloved son on the throne, king Dasaratha has sent away his eldest son of weak prowess into the woods. O you of expansive eyes, what shall you do with that wretched ascetic Rāma who has been deprived of his kingdom?
स्थापयित्वा प्रियं पुत्रं राज्ये दशरथो नृपः। मन्दवार्यस्ततो ज्येष्ठः सुतः प्रस्थापितो वनम्॥ तेन किं भ्रष्टराज्येन रामेण गतचेतसा। करिष्यसि विशालाक्षि तापसेन तपस्विना ॥