 स कृत्वा निश्चयं राम सोपाध्यायगणस्तदा।।यज्ञकर्मणि वेदज्ञो यष्टुं समुपचक्रमे। 
 O Rama having determined to perform a sacrifice, he Sagara versed in the Vedas, started the initiatory rites for the sacrifice in the company of high priests".      Thus ends the thirtyeighth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 