Chapter 77 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 77.12

आपृच्छ्य पितरं शूरो रामं चाक्लिष्टकारिणम्॥ मातृश्चापि नरश्रेष्ठः शत्रुघ्नसहितो ययौ।

āpṛcchya pitaraṃ śūro rāmaṃ cākliṣṭakāriṇam|| mātṛścāpi naraśreṣṭhaḥ śatrughnasahito yayau|

English Meaning

Having greeted his father, and Rāma of unflagging energy, and his mother, that foremost of men, the heroic (Bharata) departed with Satrughna.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)