Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 115: Bharata Goes to Nandigrāma
Text 2.115.4
एतच्छ्रुत्वा शुभं वाक्यं भरतस्य महात्मनः।
अब्रुवन्मन्त्रिणः सर्वे वसिष्ठश्च पुरोहितः॥
etac chrutvā śubhaṁ vākyaṁ bharatasya mahātmanaḥ
abruvan mantriṇaḥ sarve vasiṣṭhaś ca purohitaḥ
etat = these; śrutvā = upon hearing; śubham = auspicious; vākyam = words; bharatasya = of Bharata; mahā-ātmanaḥ = the great soul; abruvan = spoke [as follows]; mantriṇaḥ = the ministers; sarve = all; vasiṣṭhaḥ = Vasiṣṭha; ca = and; purohitaḥ = the royal priest.
Upon hearing these auspicious words of the great soul Bharata, all the ministers and the royal priest Vasiṣṭha spoke [as follows].