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The trio's arrival at Ayodhyā On the sixteenth day, Rāma, Laksmana and Sitā mounted Puşpaka, the aircraft and left for Ayodhyā. King Bibhişana and all the citizens of Lankā had gathered to bid them farewell. At Ayodhya, Bharata and Satrughna mounted elephants and left to receive Rama, Lakşmana and Sita. When they saw Puspaka at the horizon, they descended the elephants and walked bare feet.
When Rama saw Bharata and Satrughna, he too descended from the aircraft. Bharata and Satrughna fell on Rama's feet and wept uncontrolably. Rāma embraced them and offered them seats in the aircraft. The artists played enchanting music in the lofty skies as well as on the earth. Ayodhyā was reverberating with the beatings of drums, gongs and cymbals. Rāma, Laksmana and Sita greeted the people, who had stormed to receive them with folded hands, and rushed to the palace.
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