Having spent the night on the banks of Kesini, the mighty car-warrior Lakşmaņa, got up early in the morning and again proceeded on his journey (home) and reached in the noon the city of Ayodhyā filled with various jewels and delighted and plump citizens.
तत्र तां रजनीमुष्य केशिन्यां रघुनन्दनः। प्रभाते पुनरुत्थाय लक्ष्मणः प्रययौ तदा॥ ततोऽर्धदिवसे प्राप्ते प्रविवेश महारथः। अयोध्यां रत्नसंपूर्णां हृष्टपुष्टजनावृताम्॥