न खल्वेतन्न कुर्यां ते वचनं राक्षसेश्वर। तं तु मे भ्रातरं द्रष्टुं भरतं त्वरते मनः॥ मां निवर्तयितुं योऽसौ चित्रकूटमुपागतः। . शिरसा याचतो यस्य वचनं न कृतं मया॥
na khalvetanna kuryāṃ te vacanaṃ rākṣaseśvara| taṃ tu me bhrātaraṃ draṣṭuṃ bharataṃ tvarate manaḥ|| māṃ nivartayituṃ yo'sau citrakūṭamupāgataḥ| . śirasā yācato yasya vacanaṃ na kṛtaṃ mayā||
English Meaning
Do not think,O lord of Raksasas, that I do not comply with your request-my heart hastens me to behold my brother Bharata, who, to take me back, did come to the mount Citrakūța, who laid low his crown at my feet and whose words I did not keep.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)