Chapter 111 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 111.12

स तु राममवेक्षन्तं सुमन्त्रं प्रेक्ष्य दुर्मनाः। कुशोत्तरमुपस्थाप्य भूमावेवास्थितः स्वयम्॥

sa tu rāmamavekṣantaṃ sumantraṃ prekṣya durmanāḥ| kuśottaramupasthāpya bhūmāvevāsthitaḥ svayam||

English Meaning

Then with a dispirited heart finding Sumantra looking up to Rāma, Bharata himself spread Kuśa and lay down upon it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)