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)