Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.3

स प्रविश्यैव धर्मात्मा स्वगृहं श्रीविवर्जितम्। भरतः प्रेक्ष्य जग्राह जनन्याश्चरणौ शुभौ॥

sa praviśyaiva dharmātmā svagṛhaṃ śrīvivarjitam| bharataḥ prekṣya jagrāha jananyāścaraṇau śubhau||

English Meaning

On entering his own quarter which he found deprived of grace, the virtuous Bharata took hold of his mother's auspicious feet.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)