Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 98: Bharata Locates Rāma’s Āśrama
Text 2.98.2
निविष्टमात्रे सैन्ये तु यथोद्देशं विनीतवत्।
भरतो भ्रातरं वाक्यं शत्रुघ्नमिदमब्रवीत्॥
niviṣṭa-mātre sainye tu yathoddeśaṁ vinītavat
bharato bhrātaraṁ vākyaṁ śatrughnam idam abravīt
niviṣṭa-mātre = had settled; sainye tu = as soon as the army; yathā = as; uddeśam = instructed; vinītavat = in humility; bharataḥ = Bharata; bhrātaram = His brother; vākyam = words; śatrughnam = Śatrughna; idam = these; abravīt = spoke.
As soon as the army had settled in humility as instructed, Bharata spoke these words to His brother Śatrughna.1
1 Technical note: vinītavad vinītārhe.
GLOSS. “As soon as” indicates that Bharata spoke to Śatrughna without eating and so on.