Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 115: Bharata Goes to Nandigrāma
Chapter Summary
With the permission of Vasiṣṭha and others, Bharata placed His mothers in Ayodhyā and entered Nandigrāma with Śatrughna. Bharata put on the garments of a sage, coronated Rāma’s sandals as the king of Kosala with royal items of worship and maintained the kingdom.
tato nikṣipya mātṝḥ sa ayodhyāyāṁ dṛḍha-vrataḥ
bharataḥ śoka-santapto gurūn idam athābravīt