Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 75: Bharata’s Conversation with Kausalyā-devī
Text 2.75.39
कपालपाणिः पृथिवीमटतां चीरसंवृतः।
भिक्षमाणो यथोन्मत्तो यस्यार्योऽनुमते गतः॥
kapāla-pāṇiḥ pṛthivīm aṭatāṁ cīra-saṁvṛtaḥ
bhikṣamāṇo yathonmatto yasyāryo ’numate gataḥ
kapāla-pāṇiḥ = with a skull in hand; pṛthivīm = across the earth; aṭatām = may he wander; cīra-saṁvṛtaḥ = and dressed in dirty old clothes; bhikṣamāṇaḥ = begging; yathā = like; unmattaḥ = a mad man; yasya = whose; āryaḥ = noble Rāma; anumate = with consent; gataḥ = has departed [to the forest].
May he who consents to the noble Rāma’s departure [to the forest] wander across the earth with a skull in hand and dressed in dirty old clothes, begging like a mad man.1
1 This also leads to sinful reactions.
This is a criticism of [tantric] Śaiva cults.