 रामोऽपि परमां पूजां गौतमस्य महामुने:।सकाशाद्विधिवत्प्राप्य जगाम मिथिलां तत:।। 
 Having received due hospitality from the great ascetic Gautama Rama also set out towards Mithila.     Thus ends the fortyninth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 