Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 115: Bharata Goes to Nandigrāma
Text 2.115.26
ततस्तु भरतः श्रीमानभिषिच्यार्यपादुके।
तदधीनस्तदा राज्यं कारयामास सर्वदा॥
tatas tu bharataḥ śrīmān abhiṣicyārya-pāduke
tad-adhīnas tadā rājyaṁ kārayām āsa sarvadā
tataḥ tu = after; bharataḥ = Bharata; śrīmān = the handsome; abhiṣicya = coronating; ārya-pāduke = His noble brother’s sandals; tat-adhīnaḥ = while being subordinate to those sandals; tadā rājyam kārayām āsa = ruled over the kingdom; sarvadā = constantly.
After coronating His noble brother’s sandals, the handsome Bharata ruled over the kindom while being constantly subordinate to those sandals.