Shloka 2.99.30
चित्रकूटप्राप्तिः — Bharata Reaches Chitrakuta and Beholds Rama
दृष्ट्वैव विललापाऽर्तो बाष्पसन्दिग्धया गिरा।अशक्नुवन् धारयितुं धैर्याद्वचनमब्रवीत्।।2.99.30।।
dṛṣṭvaiva vilalāpa ārto bāṣpa-sandigdhayā girā | aśaknuvan dhārayituṃ dhairyād vacanam abravīt ||2.99.30||
As soon as he saw Rāma, Bharata—overwhelmed with anguish—lamented. Unable to restrain himself even with resolve, he spoke, his words choked with tears.
On seeing Rama, Bharata could not control his grief with patience and lamented in great anguish and with words choked with tears said:
Dharma here is expressed as sincere emotional truthfulness and reverence: Bharata’s grief is not performative but arises from duty-bound love and moral accountability toward Rāma.
Bharata has reached Rāma in the forest; on seeing him, he breaks into lamentation and begins to speak through tears.
Bharata’s integrity and devotion—his inability to conceal sorrow reflects a conscience aligned with dharma and familial duty.