Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 101: Bharata Informs Rāma About Daśaratha’s Death
Text 2.101.7
उत्तिष्ठ पुरुषव्याघ्र क्रियतामुदकं पितुः।
अहं चायं च शत्रुघ्नः पूर्वमेव कृतोदकौ॥
uttiṣṭha puruṣa-vyāghra kriyatām udakaṁ pituḥ
ahaṁ cāyaṁ ca śatrughnaḥ pūrvam eva kṛtodakau
uttiṣṭha = get up; puruṣa-vyāghra = O tiger among men; kriyatām = offer; udakam = water; pituḥ = to Our father; aham ca = I; ayam ca śatrughnaḥ = and Śatrughna here; pūrvam eva = have already; kṛta-udakau = offered him water.
“Get up, O tiger among men! Offer water to Our father. I and Śatrughna here have already offered him water.
Bharata then anticipated that Rāma might ask, “If both of You have already offered water, why should I also offer water?”