Reaching the otherside of the bank and leaving the boat, Rama Spoke to LakshmaNa insisting that Security is an inevitable need in the forest, which has unforeseen dangers and is uninhabited, So, Lakshmana! go in front. Let Sita follow you. This indeed is the rarest of the sight as if the moola mantra say ''oum'' has taken to legs for a walk.. Sumantra waited for two more days with fond hope that Rama may call him seeking the services of his chariot. But that was not to be. Rama along with Sita and Lakshmana moving away from his sight slowly disappeared, they having gone a distance.
Thereafter, Rama tries to send LakshmaNa back to Ayodhya. fearing iltreatment to .Kousalya and others by Kaikeyi. But LakshmaNa defied pleading that without you , neither Sita nor I will survive even for a moment, like fish pulled out of water nor would he like to see Dasaratha or Satrughna or Sumitra not even the heaven without Rama.
In the words of Kambar, Rama meets Guha after Sumantra takes leave of them and Rama's declaration of brotherhood towards Guha, follows his return. Alwars describe Guha sakyam as sublime relation and to put it their own words, it is ''seeraninda thozhamai''. Friendship denotes equanimity despite differences and Brotherhood denotes affinity despite no blood relation.
Rama then along with Seetha and Lakshmana reach the hermitage of Bharadwaja, situated at the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna rivers.Sage Bharadwaja extends hospitality to them and recommends Chitrakuta as the fittest place for them to camp in. Spending the night in discourses on various matters with him, the sage grants him leave early next morning to depart for Chitrakuta.
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