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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 ॥