Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 99: Bharata Meets Rāma
Text 2.99.3
सुमन्त्रस्त्वपि शत्रुघ्नमदूरान्वपद्यत।
रामदर्शनजस्तर्षो भरतस्येव तस्य च॥
sumantras tv api śatrughnam adūrād anvapadyata
rāma-darśanajas tarṣo bharatasyeva tasya ca
sumantraḥ tu api = Sumantra; śatrughnam = Śatrughna; adūrāt = closely; anvapadyata = followed; rāma-darśanajaḥ = to meet Rāma; tarṣaḥ = he was also thirsty; bharatasya iva = like Bharata; tasya = Śatrughna; ca = and.
Sumantra closely followed Śatrughna because, like Bharata and Śatrughna, he was also thirsty to meet Rāma.
Śatrughna followed Bharata and Sumantra followed Śatrughna. It is pointed out here that because Sumantra quickly followed [Śatrughna], Bharata had only requested Vasiṣṭha to bring His mothers.