स तैर्महात्मा भरतः सखिभिः प्रियवादिभिः। गोष्ठीहास्यानि कुर्वद्भिर्न प्राहृष्यत राघवः॥
sa tairmahātmā bharataḥ sakhibhiḥ priyavādibhiḥ| goṣṭhīhāsyāni kurvadbhirna prāhṛṣyata rāghavaḥ||
English Meaning
But although his friends intending to ally his agitation set about enacting passages calculated to amuse family circles, that magnanimous descendant of Raghu did not indulge in laughter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)