As Bharata, the son of Kaikeyi was thus burning in grief, that foremost of those skilled in speech, the saint Vasistha, endowed with excellence of language, said.
तमेवं शोकसंतप्तं भरतं कैकयीसुतम्। उवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठवागृषिः॥