They spent their days in delight, in the company of gods and Gandharvas. And when Rāma had reached the Citrakuța, king Dasaratha, distressed on account of his son, went to heaven, bewailing the latter.
देवगन्धर्वसंकाशास्तत्र ते न्यवसन् सुखम्। चित्रकूटं गते रामे पुत्रशोकातुरस्तदा॥ राजा दशरथः स्वर्ग जगाम विलपन् सुतम्।