Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 70: Bharata Departs from Rājagṛha
Text 2.70.14
एवमुक्त्वा तु तान्दूतान्भरतः पार्थिवात्मजः।
दूतैः संचोदितो वाक्यं मातामहमुवाच ह॥
evam uktvā tu tān dūtān bharataḥ pārthivātmajaḥ
dūtaiḥ sañcodito vākyaṁ mātāmaham uvāca ha
evam = this; uktvā tu = having told; tān dūtān = the messengers; bharataḥ = Bharata; pārthiva-ātmajaḥ = Prince; dūtaiḥ = of the messengers; sañcoditaḥ = upon the request; vākyam = the following words; mātāmaham = to His maternal grandfather; uvāca ha = spoke.
Having told the messengers this, Prince Bharata spoke the following words to His maternal grandfather upon the request of the messengers.