भरतेन तु साधं ते यान्तु सैन्यानि चाग्रतः। नैगमान्बालवृद्धांश्च द्विजांश्च सुसमाहिताः॥ कर्मान्तिकान्वर्धकिनः कोशाध्यक्षांश्च नैगमान्। मम मातृस्तथा सर्वाः कुमारन्तः पुराणि च ॥ काञ्चनीं मम पत्नी च दीक्षायां ज्ञांश्च कर्मणि। अग्रतो भरतः कृत्वा गच्छत्वग्रे महायशाः॥
bharatena tu sādhaṃ te yāntu sainyāni cāgrataḥ| naigamānbālavṛddhāṃśca dvijāṃśca susamāhitāḥ|| karmāntikānvardhakinaḥ kośādhyakṣāṃśca naigamān| mama mātṛstathā sarvāḥ kumārantaḥ purāṇi ca || kāñcanīṃ mama patnī ca dīkṣāyāṃ jñāṃśca karmaṇi| agrato bharataḥ kṛtvā gacchatvagre mahāyaśāḥ||
English Meaning
Let soldiers go before him. And let the highly illustrious Bharata, with children, old men, Brahmanas, citizens, servants, cashiers, mothers, wives and the golden image of my wife to be initiated at the sacrifice, go before.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)