स तु वेश्म पितुर्दूरात्कैलासशिखरप्रभम् | अभिचक्राम धर्मात्मा मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमः || २-३३-२७
Dutiful Rama, endowed with the prowess of an intoxicated elephant, approached the residence of his father that resembled from a distance the peak of mount Kailasa in splendour. [2-33-27]
Even after observing the people in grief, Rama did not reveal his sorrowful feelings. Bound by duty he went in as if with a smile to see his father. [2-33-29]
Seeing Sumantra stricken with grief for the first time the magnanimous Rama, scion of the Ikshvaku dynasty, on the way to the forest waited there for his father to be informed of his arrival. [2-33-30]