Dashrath dies with Ram’s name on his lips. Keykayie laments that he died before prince Bharat’s coronation. Keykayie arrives to see Dashrath but is not allowed to enter since it was Dashrath’s last wish. Bharat and Shatrughan are stunned to learn about their father’s death. Bharat is dumb founded when he finds out that he is to be coronated instead of Ram. He refuses to be coronated and decides to meet Shri Ram.
