"What will Bharata, having bowed to Rāghava and paid him homage, will say to him?", this intense curiosity arose in (the mind of) all the noble persons present there.
किमेष वाक्यं भरतोऽद्य राघवं प्रणम्य सत्कृत्य च साधु वक्ष्यति। इतीव तस्यार्यजनस्य तत्त्वतो बभूव कौतूहलमुत्तमं तदा॥