Having reached and entered his ancestral palace and bowed to Kausalyä, Sumitra and Kaikeyī, the high-souled prince, the enhancer of the joy of the descendants of Raghu, addressed Bharata the foremost of the pious, with sweet words instinct with meaning, saying.
अथाब्रवीद्राजपुत्रो भरतं धर्मिणां वरम्। अर्थोपहितया वाचा मधुरं रघुनन्दनः।॥ पितुर्भवनमासाद्य प्रवेश्य च महात्मनः। कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च कैकेयीमभिवादय॥