Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 82: Bharata Rejects Vasiṣṭha’s Request
Text 2.82.15
यद्धि मात्रा कृतं पापं नाहं तदपि रोचये।
इहस्थो वनदुर्गस्थं नमस्यामि कृताञ्जलिः॥
yad dhi mātrā kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ nāhaṁ tad api rocaye
ihastho vana-durgasthaṁ namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ
yat hi mātrā = by My mother; kṛtam = committed; pāpam = the sin; na aham tat api rocaye = I abhor; ihasthaḥ = I who reside here; vana-durgastham = to Rāma residing in the difficult forest; namasyāmi = offer My respectful obeisances; kṛta-añjaliḥ = with My palms joined in supplication.
I abhor the sin committed by My mother. With My palms joined in supplication, I who reside here offer My respectful obeisances to Rāma residing in the difficult forest.
Here Bharata atones for having spoken or listened [to His mother].