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.

This chapter states that Bharata settled in Nandigrāma and maintained the kingdom [from there].

1 Technical note: saḥ bharataḥ.