Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 99: Bharata Meets Rāma
Text 2.99.17
इति लोकसमाक्रुष्टः पादेष्वद्य प्रसादयन्।
रामस्य निपतिष्यामि सीताया लक्ष्मणस्य च॥
iti loka-samākruṣṭaḥ pādeṣv adya prasādayan
rāmasya nipatiṣyāmi sītāyā lakṣmaṇasya ca
iti loka-samākruṣṭaḥ = I have been condemned by the entire world; pādeṣu = at the feet; adya = today; prasādayan = to appease them; rāmasya = of Rāma; nipatiṣyāmi = I will fall; sītāyāḥ = Sītā-devī; lakṣmaṇasya = Lakṣmaṇa; ca = and.
I have been condemned by the entire world. Today I will fall at the feet of Rāma, Sītā-devī and Lakṣmaṇa to appease them.
Bharata had been brought to a state of public criticism.
In some manuscripts, sītāyāś ca punaḥ punaḥ appears instead of sītāyā lakṣmaṇasya ca indicating that Bharata wanted to offer obeisances unto Sītā-devī and Rāma repeatedly to appease them.