सर्गः ३३
In which Rāma trades royal retinue for bark garments, dresses helpless Sītā himself, and commends grieving Kausalyā to Daśaratha
Rāma rejects retinue and asks bark garments — Rāma asks spade and basket for fourteen years — Kaikēyī herself brings bark clothes shamelessly — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa don sage garments — Sītā trembles and cannot tie bark garment — Rāma ties bark over Sītā silk himself — Crowd cries shame on Daśaratha — Daśaratha protests Sītā wearing kuśa bark — Rāma commends grieving Kausalyā to father