Hearing those sweet accents of Bharata, Rāma, having truth for his prowess, attained to incomparable delight, and addressed the enhancer of Kaikeyi's delight with kind words, saying: O you freed from sins, I have been greatly delighted with you.
भरतस्य तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वामृतमयं यथा। प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे रामः सत्यपराक्रमः॥ उवाच च शुभं वाक्यं कैकेय्यानन्दवर्धनम्। प्रीतोऽस्मि परितुष्टोऽस्मि तवाद्य वचनेऽनघ।।१७