Lakshmana shook with an uncontrollable rage. Hestomped around with flailing arms flashing eyes and stormy demeanor, making him seem like an intoxicated tusker. To this fiery embodiment of fury, whose sighs sounded like the hissing of king cobras Rama quietly said"Lakshmana! Your anger against our father and your sorrow for me has to be restrained.The coronation has not been stopped for any lack of competence on your part, so it is of no disgrace to you.Do show the same zeal in procuring things for my exile, as you did for my coronation. As for mother Kausalya, I rely on you to dispel her doubts about my ever becoming ruler of Ayodhya. It grieves me to see her agonizing over me, but the king will be distressed if his promises are violated. His distress will also be mine. My early departure will make queen Kaikeyi happy and clear the way for Bharata's installation.

"Listen Lakshmana! To be given a kingdom for a moment, only for it to be snatched away the next, is merely an act of the Gods. The merciless utterances of mother Kaikeyi, to prevent my coronation are destiny. My banishment now and my enthronement later, is destiny. How otherwise, can a princess so noble, so virtuous, ill-treat me like a common shrew, in the presence of her king and consort? Even the devatas cannot allay the mysterious forces of destiny.It is this unalterable judgment that has altered my fortune and Kaikeyi's feelings for me.No man can conquer fate. Good and evil, fear and anger, gain and loss, being and non-being and all that they involve are ruled by destiny."

"Even sages in all their glory, driven by that mysterious force, fall prey to it. Rendered victims of their anger and passion they lose the powers of their immense penance. A coronation stops mid-way, is that not destiny? I see no reason to bemoan it. Stop sorrowing; help me depart in peace and not in turbulence. To me, whether it is a palace or a forest makes no difference.Banished to live amidst exotic forest life is a joy.It is more a blessing than a bane, for a crown comes with a price and many demands. A forest has no demands! I will have the good fortune to see the greatest of sages and ascetics who live in sylvan solitude."

Noble and compassionate to the core, Rama did not abandon thoughts of Kaikeyi.Protective to the end, his kindness compelled him to remind Lakshmana that the reason why the crown chose to rest on a head other than his was not Kaikeyi. He said it was purely an act of destiny condoned by the gods. "Do you now realize the powers of the divine Lakshmana?" asked Rama.