Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 71: Bharata Reaches Ayodhyā
Text 2.71.19
तां पुरीं पुरुषव्याघ्रः सप्तरात्रोषितः पथि।
अयोध्यामग्रतो दृष्ट्वा सारथिं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
tāṁ purīṁ puruṣa-vyāghraḥ sapta-rātroṣitaḥ pathi
ayodhyām agrato dṛṣṭvā sārathiṁ vākyam abravīt
tām purīm = the city; puruṣa-vyāghraḥ = Prince Bharata; sapta-rātra-uṣitaḥ = had stayed awake for seven nights; pathi = on the way; ayodhyām = of Ayodhyā; agrataḥ = ahead of Him; dṛṣṭvā = He now saw; sārathim = to His charioteer; vākyam = the [following] words; abravīt = and spoke.
Prince Bharata had stayed awake for seven nights on the way. He now saw the city of Ayodhyā ahead of Him and spoke the [following] words to His charioteer.
Bharata had traveled even at night because of His extreme eagerness. He saw Ayodhyā on the sunrise of the eighth day [since His departure from Rājagṛha] and spoke to His charioteer.