Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 115: Bharata Goes to Nandigrāma
Text 2.115.22
एवं तु विलपन्दीनो भरतः स महायशाः।
नन्दिग्रामेऽकरोद्राज्यं दुःखितो मन्त्रिभिः सह॥
evaṁ tu vilapan dīno bharataḥ sa mahā-yaśāḥ
nandigrāme ’karod rājyaṁ duḥkhito mantribhiḥ saha
evam tu = thus; vilapan = lamenting; dīnaḥ = morose; bharataḥ saḥ = Bharata; mahā-yaśāḥ = of great fame; nandigrāme = from Nandigrāma; akarot = ruled; rājyam = the kingdom; duḥkhitaḥ = and distressed; mantribhiḥ saha = with His ministers.
Lamenting thus, Bharata of great fame, morose and distressed, ruled the kingdom from Nandigrāma with His ministers.