Chapter 78 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 78.1

अथ यात्रां समीहन्तं शत्रुघ्ने लक्ष्मणानुजः। भरतं शोकसंतप्तमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

atha yātrāṃ samīhantaṃ śatrughne lakṣmaṇānujaḥ| bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptamidaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

Then ſatrughna, the younger brother of Lakşmaņa spoke to Bharata burning in grief as he was revolving in his mind the (intended) journey (to Rāma).

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)