All the female servants, old and young, the damsels of the seraglio accompanied by servants having no manhood, Bharata and Lakşmaņa accompanied by their wives, followed him with Agnihotra.
तं यान्तमनुगच्छन्ति ह्यन्तःपुरचराः स्त्रियः। सवृद्धबालदासीकाः सवर्षवरकिंकराः॥ सान्तःपुरश्च भरतः शत्रुघ्नसहितो ययौ। रामं गतिमुपागम्य साग्निहोत्रमनुव्रताः॥