How Råma was exiled, the two boons conferred upon your mother, how king Dasaratha died in consequence of (his) sons' grief, how by emissaries, O lord, you were brought up from the house of your maternal uncle, how you did not wish for the kingdom having entered Ayodhya, how your brother, the repressor of enemies, was solicited by you for accepting the kingdom, repairing to the mount Citrakūta, who have ever wended the track of the pious, the renouncement of kingdom (by him) abiding by the words of the king, your return after taking the sandals of your revered (brother), all these, O you of long-arms, are known to you. I shall relate to you all that happened after your return.
यथा प्रव्राजितो रामो मातुर्दत्तौ वरौ तव। यथा च पुत्रशोकेन राजा दशरथो मृतः॥ यथा दूतैस्त्वमानीतस्तूर्णं राजगृहात्प्रभो। त्वयायोध्यां प्रविष्टेन यथा राज्यं न चेप्सितम्॥ चित्रकूटगिरिं गत्वा राज्येनामित्रकर्शनः। निमन्त्रितस्त्वया भ्राता धर्ममाचरता सताम्॥ स्थितेन राज्ञो वचने यथा राज्यं विसर्जितम्। आर्यस्य पादुके गृह्य यथासि पुनरागतः॥ सर्वमेतन्महाबाहो यथावद्विदितं तव। त्वयि प्रतिप्रयाते तु यद्वृत्तं तन्निबोध मे।।।।