Then at Sumitrá's feet he bent,

And fair Kaikeyí's, reverent,

Greeted each dame from chief to least,

And bowed him to the household priest.

Up rose a shout from all the throng:

“O welcome, Ráma, mourned so long.

Welcome, Kausalyá's joy and pride,”

Ten hundred thousand voices cried.

Then Bharat placed, in duty taught,

On Ráma's feet the shoes he brought: