The pious Laksmana and Bharata— both the brothers, were greatly attached to Råma; and though the spent their days in another place they did not experience any pain in consequence of separation from their sons.
उभौ सौमित्रिभरतौ रामपादावनुव्रतौ। कालं गतमपि स्नेहान्न जज्ञातेऽतिधार्मिकौ॥