जय श्रीराम!
ससैन्यश्चान्व्गाद्रामं दर्शितानाश्रमालयैः ।
तस्य पश्यन् ससौमित्रेरुदश्रुर्व्सतिद्रुमान् ॥१२.१४॥
Notes: Bharata now proceeds without delay to the forest taking his army along, as he hopes to usher back into Ayodhyā in regal splendour Śrīrāma from his exile to fill the vacuum caused by the death of the Emperor.
Kālidāsa says that Bharata was deeply anguished as he entered the dense forest. The inmates of the Ṛṣi-aśramas pointed out the region of the forest where Śrīrāma had proceeded to set up his hermitage. There, with tears welling up, Bharata beheld Śrīrāma in the company of Lakṣmaṇa living in the midst of trees in the jungle in an inexcusable enforced exile away from the life of comfort and honour that the Prince richly deserved.
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