On Rāma having passed the night there, Bharadvāja spoke to him, “Do you race your steps to Citrakuța filled with delicious fruits and roots. I deem that, О mighty Rāma, as a fit abode for you, being, as it is, furnished with various kinds of trees, inhabited by crowds of Kinnars, resounding with the cries of peacocks, and frequented by gigantic elephants.
रात्र्यां तु तस्यां व्युष्टायां भरद्वाजोऽब्रवीदिदम्। मधुमूलफलोपेतं चित्रकूटं व्रजेति ह॥ वासमौपयिकं मन्ये तव राम महाबल। नानानगगणोपेतः किन्नरोरगसेवितः॥ मयूरनादाभिरतो गजराजनिषेवितः। गम्यतां भवता शैलश्चित्रकूटः स विश्रुतः॥