Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.37

तच्छ्रुत्वा भरतस्त्रस्तो भ्रातुश्चारित्रशङ्कया। स्वस्य वंशस्य माहात्म्यात् प्रष्टुं समुपचक्रमे॥

tacchrutvā bharatastrasto bhrātuścāritraśaṅkayā| svasya vaṃśasya māhātmyāt praṣṭuṃ samupacakrame||

English Meaning

Hearing this, Bharata apprehending some moral lapse on the part of his brother from the dignity of his race, asked in agitation.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)