Atonement with the Father
Having been banished right before his father's death, Rama never got the chance to speak with his father one last time. Throughout the journey Rama know that at the end he will return home and take his father's place a King. King Dasaratha is sent down from heaven to speak with Rama because Rama requires King Dasaratha's "benediction after having carried out" the sentence of his banishment and having gone through much suffering "in order to safeguard the integrity of" King Dasaratha's promise to Kaikeyi (164). Rama and King Dasaratha talk and are both overjoyed to see one another again. King Dasaratha has to return to his "world and repose there in eternal peace", while Rama must return to the kingdom (164). By seeing each other again both Dasaratha and Rama find internal peace.