 अथ राज्ञो बभूवैवं वृद्धस्य चिरजीविनः।।

प्रीतिरेषा कथं रामो राजा स्यान्मयि जीवति।
  
 Thereafter, flashed in the mind of that aged king who had already lived long this pleasant thought as to how Rama will become king while he was alive. 