अथाब्रवीद्राजपुत्रो भरतं धर्मिणां वरम्। अर्थोपहितया वाचा मधुरं रघुनन्दनः।॥ पितुर्भवनमासाद्य प्रवेश्य च महात्मनः। कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च कैकेयीमभिवादय॥
athābravīdrājaputro bharataṃ dharmiṇāṃ varam| arthopahitayā vācā madhuraṃ raghunandanaḥ||| piturbhavanamāsādya praveśya ca mahātmanaḥ| kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīmabhivādaya||
English Meaning
Having reached and entered his ancestral palace and bowed to Kausalyä, Sumitra and Kaikeyī, the high-souled prince, the enhancer of the joy of the descendants of Raghu, addressed Bharata the foremost of the pious, with sweet words instinct with meaning, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)