Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72, Shloka 5
भरतस्य मातृसदनगमनं कैकेय्या दारुणवृत्तान्तकथनं च
Bharata in Kaikeyi’s apartments: revelation of Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile
अद्य ते कतिचिद्रात्र्य श्च्युतस्याऽर्यकवेश्मनः।अपि नाध्वश्रमशशीघ्रं रथेनापततस्तव।।2.72.5।।
adya te katicidrātryaś cyutasyāryakaveśmanaḥ | api nādhvaśramaśaśīghraṁ rathenāpatatas tava || 2.72.5 ||
Combien de nuits se sont écoulées pour toi depuis que tu as quitté la demeure de ton noble aïeul ? Et le voyage hâtif en char ne t’a-t-il pas accablé de fatigue ?
I hope he did not covet another man's wife. Like a sinner who had slain a child in embryo why has he been banished to Dandaka forest?
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The verse frames familial concern and proper reception of a returning son as part of household dharma—asking after wellbeing before entering weightier matters.
Bharata has returned from his maternal family’s home; Kaikeyī questions him about the duration and strain of his journey.
Outward solicitude and the social propriety of inquiring about a traveller’s condition.