Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 72: Kaikeyī Informs Bharata About Daśaratha’s Death
Text 2.72.7
एवं पृष्टस्तु कैकेय्या प्रियं पार्थिवनन्दनः।
आचष्ट भरतः सर्वं मात्रे राजीवलोचनः॥
evaṁ pṛṣṭas tu kaikeyyā priyaṁ pārthiva-nandanaḥ
ācaṣṭa bharataḥ sarvaṁ mātre rājīva-locanaḥ
evam = thus; pṛṣṭaḥ tu = was asked; kaikeyyā = by Kaikeyī; priyam = pleasingly; pārthiva-nandanaḥ = prince; ācaṣṭa = told; bharataḥ = when Bharata; sarvam = everything; mātre = to His mother [as follows]; rājīva-locanaḥ = the lotus-eyed.
When Bharata was thus pleasingly asked by Kaikeyī, the lotus-eyed prince told everything to His mother [as follows].