Hearing the sweet words of Puşpaka the king Rāma saluted the great ascetics, ascended the car with his burning bow, quiver and dagger and left Bharata and Lakşmaņa in charge of the city.
भाषितं रुचिरं श्रुत्वा पुष्पकस्य नराधिपः। अभिवाद्य महर्षीन्स विमानं सोध्यरोहत॥ धनुर्गृहीत्वा तूणी च खङ्गं च रुचिरप्रभम्। निक्षिप्य नगरे चैतौ सौमित्रिभरतावुभौ ॥