Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 72: Kaikeyī Informs Bharata About Daśaratha’s Death
Text 2.72.1
अपश्यंस्तु ततस्तत्र पितरं पितुरालये।
जगाम भरतो द्रष्टुं मातरं मातुरालये॥
apaśyaṁs tu tatas tatra pitaraṁ pitur ālaye
jagāma bharato draṣṭuṁ mātaraṁ mātur ālaye
apaśyan tu = not seeing; tataḥ tatra1 pitaram = His father; pituḥ = in His father’s; ālaye = residence; jagāma = went; bharataḥ = Bharata; draṣṭum = to see; mātaram = His mother; mātuḥ ālaye = at her residence.
Not seeing His father in His father’s residence, Bharata went to see His mother at her residence.
1 Technical note: tatra ālaye tataḥ jagāma.