Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 72: Kaikeyī Informs Bharata About Daśaratha’s Death
Text 2.72.4
सा तं मूर्धन्युपाघ्राय परिष्वज्य यशस्विनम्।
अङ्के भरतमारोप्य प्रष्टुं समुपचक्रमे।।
sā taṁ mūrdhany upāghrāya pariṣvajya yaśasvinam
aṅke bharatam āropya praṣṭuṁ samupacakrame
sā = she; tam mūrdhani = His head; upāghrāya = smelt; pariṣvajya = embraced; yaśasvinam = the illustrious; aṅke = on her lap; bharatam = Bharata; āropya = and placed Him; praṣṭum = to ask Him [as follows]; samupacakrame = and then began.
She smelt His head, embraced the illustrious Bharata and placed Him on her lap and then began to ask Him [as follows].