The mothers repeatedly clasped their daughters to their hearts with immense affection and love that appeared to spill over and drown everyone. When Sita bade them final goodbye and exited her mother’s place to accompany Lord Ram back to Ayodhya, all the men, women, horses, elephants, birds and animals of the city (of Janakpur, her native place) became extremely sad, sorrowful and agitated from the agony of separation. Having heard the prayers of the mothers-in-law, Sri Ram consoled and reassured them in all possible ways, and then he came back to his father’s place (with his newlywed wife Sita) where the marriage party had been lodged. (It must be noted that Lord Ram is always given precedence over his brothers as he is the eldest amongst them. So, though this Chanda starts with the queens requesting the grooms to take proper care of their respective brides, it concludes with mentioning only Sita and Ram. The other brothers and their brides are deemed to have politely followed Lord Ram who took the lead in taking leave of the mothers-in-law on behalf of all of them, and then departing for the place where his father, king Dasrath, was lodged.)