तमेवं शोकसंतप्तं भरतं कैकयीसुतम्। उवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठवागृषिः॥
tamevaṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bharataṃ kaikayīsutam| uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhavāgṛṣiḥ||
English Meaning
As Bharata, the son of Kaikeyi was thus burning in grief, that foremost of those skilled in speech, the saint Vasistha, endowed with excellence of language, said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)