Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 115: Bharata Goes to Nandigrāma
Text 2.115.1
ततो निक्षिप्य मातॄः स अयोध्यायां दृढव्रतः।
भरतः शोकसंतप्तो गुरूनिदमथाब्रवीत्॥
tato nikṣipya mātṝḥ sa ayodhyāyāṁ dṛḍha-vrataḥ
bharataḥ śoka-santapto gurūn idam athābravīt
tataḥ nikṣipya = after placing; mātṝḥ = His mothers; saḥ1 ayodhyāyām = in Ayodhyā; dṛḍha-vrataḥ = who was firm in His vows; bharataḥ = Bharata; śoka-santaptaḥ = and who burned in distress; gurūn = to His gurus; idam = the following words; atha abravīt = spoke.
After placing His mothers in Ayodhyā, Bharata who was firm in His vows and who burned in distress spoke the following words to His gurus.
1 Technical note: saḥ bharataḥ.
This chapter states that Bharata settled in Nandigrāma and maintained the kingdom [from there].