Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 99, Shloka 2
चित्रकूटप्राप्तिः
Bharata Reaches Chitrakuta and Beholds Rama
ऋषिं वसिष्ठं सन्दिश्य मातृ़र्मे शीघ्रमानय।इति त्वरितमग्रे स जगाम गुरुवत्सलः।।2.99.2।।
ṛṣiṁ vasiṣṭhaṁ sandiśya mātṝr me śīghram ānaya |
iti tvaritam agre sa jagāma guru-vatsalaḥ ||2.99.2||
શાલ, તાલ અને અશ્વકર્ણ વૃક્ષોના અનેક પર્ણોથી ઘન આવૃત, વિશાળ, અને નરમ કુશ ઘાસથી પાથરેલી—યજ્ઞવેદી જેવી—એ પર્ણશાળા હતી.
Lamenting in this way Bharata beheld in that forest an excellent, sacred and enchanting hut covered with a lot of leaves of sala, palmyra and aswakarna trees like a sacrificial altar spread with soft kusa grass. Goldplated bows that resembled the thunderbolt of Indra, powerful and capable of achieving great targets and oppressing the enemies, adorned the hut. Arrows glittering like the rays of the Sun, were dreadful, with blazing heads and stored in quivers adorned it like the hooded serpents illumining the city of Bhogavati (in the nether world). A pair of swords in scabbards made of excellent silver, two shields of different colours with golden spots, fingerguards made of skin of iguana decorated with gold were hanging there. It was impregnable to enemy hordes like the cave of a lion to the deer.
FAQs
Dharma is respect for elders and family responsibility: Bharata ensures the mothers are properly accompanied and included, reflecting orderly and compassionate conduct.
During the expedition toward Rāma, Bharata directs Vasiṣṭha to bring the queens (his mothers) quickly, while he himself moves ahead.
Bharata’s guru-bhakti and propriety—he relies on Vasiṣṭha and acts with deference toward elders and care for family members.