Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Rāmacandra Meets Bharadvāja Ṛṣi
Text 2.54.20
प्रतिगृह्य च तामर्चामुपविष्टं स राघवम्।
भरद्वाजोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं धर्मयुक्तमिदं तदा॥
pratigṛhya ca tām arcām upaviṣṭaṁ sa rāghavam
bharadvājo ’bravīd vākyaṁ dharma-yuktam idaṁ tadā
pratigṛhya ca = after accepting; tām = that; arcām = honor; upaviṣṭam = was seated; saḥ1 rāghavam = when Rāma; bharadvājaḥ = Bharadvāja; abravīt = spoke; vākyam = words; dharma-yuktam = in accordance with dharma; idam tadā = the following.
When Rāma was seated after accepting that honor, Bharadvāja spoke the following words in accordance with dharma.
1 Technical note: saḥ bharadvājaḥ.