The lord of the Kekayas has from affection enquired after your welfare, sayiing,-'They of whose peace you are anxious, are at present well.' And, O foremost of kings, desirous of seeing (Bharata) together with his wife, that lord of earth repaired to Ayodhyā.
केकयाधिपती राजा स्नेहात् कुशलमब्रवीत्। येषां कुशलकामोऽसि तेषां सम्प्रत्यनामयम्॥ स्वतीयं मम राजेन्द्र द्रष्टुकामो महीपतिः। तदर्थमुपयातोऽहयोध्यां रघुनन्दन ॥