Chapter 69 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 69.6

तमब्रवीत् प्रियसखो भरतं सखिभिर्वृतम्। सुहृद्भिः पर्युपासीनः किं सखे नानुमोदसे॥

tamabravīt priyasakho bharataṃ sakhibhirvṛtam| suhṛdbhiḥ paryupāsīnaḥ kiṃ sakhe nānumodase||

English Meaning

Then a dear friend addressed Bharata, as he sat surrounded by his friends, “Surrounded by your friends, why do you not, my friend, join in the mirth?"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)