Valmiki Ramayana 2.72.18: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72, Shloka 18
भरतस्य मातृसदनगमनं कैकेय्या दारुणवृत्तान्तकथनं च
Bharata in Kaikeyi’s apartments: revelation of Daśaratha’s death and Rāma’s exile
ततश्शोकेन संवीतः पितुर्मरणदुःखितः ।
विललाप महातेजा भ्रान्ताकुलितचेतनः ॥१८॥
tataḥ śokena saṃvītaḥ pitur maraṇa-duḥkhitaḥ |
vilalāpa mahātejā bhrāntākulita-cetanaḥ ||18||
भरत को बहुत दुख हुआ पिताजी के डेथ से। वो रोया बहुत, उसका दिमाग चक्कर गया था। उसका चेहरा देख के लगता था बहुत तकलीफ में है।
Overwhelmed with grief, radiant Bharata reeling with delusion due to sorrow, lamented over the death of his father.
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Dharma includes humane feeling: grief for a parent is not weakness but an expression of filial duty and truth of emotion.
Bharata is struck by the news/reality of Daśaratha’s death and begins to lament.
Pitr̥-bhakti (devotion to one’s father) and sincerity—his grief is unfeigned and morally grounded.
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