Shloka 2.54.11
भरद्वाजाश्रमप्राप्तिः — Arrival at Bharadvāja’s Hermitage and Counsel toward Citrakūṭa
स प्रविश्य महात्मानमृषिं शिष्यगणैर्वृतम्।संशितव्रतमेकाग्रं तपसा लब्धचक्षुषम्।।।।हुताग्निहोत्रं दृष्ट्वैव महाभागं कृताञ्जलिः।रामः सौमित्रिणा सार्धं सीतया चाभ्यवादयत्।।।।
yatra bhāgīrathīṁ gaṅgāṁ yamunābhipravartate |
jagmus taṁ deśam uddiśya vigāhya sumahad vanam ||
te bhūmibhāgān vividhān deśāṁś cāpi manoramān |
adṛṣṭapūrvān paśyantas tatra tatra yaśaśvinaḥ ||
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana—illustrious in fame—entered the vast forest, journeying toward the place where the Yamuna meets the Bhagirathi Ganga, and along the way beheld many varied tracts of land and delightful regions they had never seen before.
Rama entered the hermitage and saw that high-souled Bharadwaja surrounded by his disciples. He was a distinguished sage who (himself) kindled sacrficial fires and acquired spiritual insight by practising rigid austerities with concentration of mind and ascetic powers. Rama, Lakshmana and Sita paid their obeisance to that great sage.
Dharma here is expressed as steadfastness in a righteous path: even in exile, Rama continues forward without resentment, moving with purpose and self-control through unfamiliar terrain.
Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana travel through a great forest toward the sacred confluence where the Yamuna meets the Ganga (Bhagirathi).
Perseverance and composure—Rama’s calm leadership in exile, and the companions’ shared resolve in an unknown landscape.