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AYODHYAKANDA
 
राज्ञः पादो गृहीत्वा तु तमूचुर्भरतं वचः ॥
 
Touching the feet of the king, they.
said to Bharata these words:
 
पुरोहितस्त्वां कुशलं प्राह सर्वे च मन्त्रिणः ।
त्वरमाणश्च निर्याहि कुत्यमात्ययिकं त्वया ॥
 
"Of your welfare, your preceptor
enquires as also the ministers. Do you
set out speedily. A difficult task has to
be done by you."
 
स मातामहमा पृच्छ्य मातुलं च युधाजितम् ।
रथमारुह्य भरतश्शत्रुघ्नसहितो ययौ ।
 
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Taking leave of his grandfather and
his uncle Yudhajit, Bharata, accompanied
by Satrughna, ascended the chariot and
started.
 
तां पुरीं पुरुषव्याघ्रस्सप्तरात्रोषितः पथि ।
अयोध्यामग्रतो दृष्ट्वा सारथिं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
 
Having spent seven days on the journey
and seeing Ayodhya in front, Bharata,
the best of men, asked the charioteer :
 
श्रुता मे यादृशाः पूर्वं नृपतीनां विनाशने ।
आकारांस्तानहं सर्वानिह पश्यामि सारथे ॥