Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 113: Bharata Returns to Ayodhyā
Text 2.113.8
एवमुक्तः स तु ततो भरद्वाजेन धीमता।
प्रत्युवाच भरद्वाजं भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः॥
evam uktaḥ sa tu tato bharadvājena dhīmatā
pratyuvāca bharadvājaṁ bharato bhrātṛ-vatsalaḥ
evam = thus; uktaḥ = when spoke to Him; saḥ tu1 tataḥ2 bharadvājena = Bharadvāja; dhīmatā = the intelligent; pratyuvāca = replied as follows; bharadvājam = to Bharadvāja; bharataḥ = Bharata; bhrātṛ-vatsalaḥ = who was affectionate to His brother.
When the intelligent Bharadvāja spoke to Him thus, Bharata who was affectionate to His brother replied to Bharadvāja as follows.