जय श्रीराम!
स विसृष्टस्तथेत्युक्त्वा भ्रात्रा नैवानिशत्पुरीम् ।
नन्दिग्रामगतस्तस्य राज्यं न्यासमिवाभुनक् ॥१२.१८॥
Notes: Śrīrāma acceded to Bharata's request to bestow on him his sandals as a mark of authorising Bharata to rule as his representative. Bharata duly proceeded in a reverential procession, holding Śrīrāma's sandals on his head. This is the image of Bharata in everyone's mind who has read the Rāmāyaṇa.
Kālidāsa says, "After Śrīrāma acceded to Bharata, Bharata did not proceed to the City. He went directly to a small hermitage in Nandigrāma, near Ayodhyā. He ruled from there, (placing Śrīrāma's sandals on the throne), as a trustee, not a ruler. "
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