Vasiṣṭha said: On hearing this question of the noble-souled Rāma, the sage meditated for a moment. O great king, and mentally understood what the stag had said. He understood that the stag had come to his hermitage (āśrama) along with the hind in order to hear the prayer “Kṛṣṇāmṛta”. The sage pondered over the reason thereof and consoled Bhārgava by means of nectar-like words.