Chapter 114 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 114

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 114.23

इति ब्रुवन् सारथिना दुःखितो भरतस्तदा॥ अयोध्यां सम्प्रविश्यैव विवेश वसतिं पितुः। तेन हीनां नरेन्द्रेण सिंहहीनां गुहामिव ॥

iti bruvan sārathinā duḥkhito bharatastadā|| ayodhyāṃ sampraviśyaiva viveśa vasatiṃ pituḥ| tena hīnāṃ narendreṇa siṃhahīnāṃ guhāmiva ||

English Meaning

Having said this in grief, Bharata in company with the charioteer entered Ayodhyā and immediately went to the residence of his father, bereft of that foremost of men, like a cavern bereft of its lion.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)