Surely, Bharata should be slain by me. O Rāghava, fault find I none in slaying Bharata; slaying a former wronger, one does not reap unrighteousness. O Raghava, there is religious merit to be reaped by slaying Bharata, who had formerly done us wrong.
सम्प्राप्तोऽयमरिर्वीर भरतो वध्य एव हि। भरतस्य वधे दोषं नाहं पश्यामि राघव॥ पूर्वापकारिणं हत्वा न ह्यधर्मेण युज्यते। पूर्वापकारी भरतस्त्यागे धर्मश्च राघव॥