Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 81: Vasiṣṭha Summons Bharata
Text 2.81.9
तथा तस्मिन्विलपति वसिष्ठो राजधर्मवित्।
सभामिक्ष्वाकुनाथस्य प्रविवेश महायशाः॥
tathā tasmin vilapati vasiṣṭho rāja-dharmavit
sabhām ikṣvāku-nāthasya praviveśa mahā-yaśāḥ
tathā = thus; tasmin = when He; vilapati = was lamenting; vasiṣṭhaḥ = Vasiṣṭha; rāja-dharmavit = the knower of royal duties; sabhām = the court; ikṣvāku-nāthasya = of the king of the Ikṣvāku dynasty; praviveśa = entered; mahā-yaśāḥ = of great fame.
When He was lamenting thus, the knower of royal duties Vasiṣṭha of great fame entered the court of the king of the Ikṣvāku dynasty.