Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 99: Bharata Meets Rāma
Text 2.99.8

गच्छन्नेव महाबाहुर्द्युतिमान्भरतस्तदा।
शत्रुघ्नं चाब्रवीद्धृष्टस्तानमात्यांश्च सर्वशः॥

gacchann eva mahā-bāhur dyutimān bharatas tadā
śatrughnaṁ cābravīd dhṛṣṭas tān amātyāṁś ca sarvaśaḥ

gacchan eva = while walking; mahā-bāhuḥ = the mighty-armed; dyutimān = and effulgent; bharataḥ = Bharata; tadā1 śatrughnam = to Śatrughna; ca = and; abravīt = spoke the following; hṛṣṭaḥ = rejoiced; tān amātyān = the ministers [as follows]; ca = and; sarvaśaḥ = all.

While walking, the mighty-armed and effulgent Bharata rejoiced and spoke the following to Śatrughna and all the ministers [as follows].

There were ministers other than Sumantra.

1 Technical note: tadā abravīt.