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Notes: Śrīrāma had managed to convince Bharata to go back to Ayodhyā and rule on his behalf. But the times were uncertain. As Kālidāsa himself described in the beginning, the king-less Ayodhyā had to be run well to be brought back on the rails. Bharata was inexperienced as he had spent most of his childhood in his uncle's home enjoying the life of pampered youth. So the tendency of Bharata would always be to reach out to Śrīrāma in any eventuality and use the difficult circumstance as a sufficient reason for Śrīrāma to come back to Ayodhyā abandoning compliance to the exile order of the deceased king. Citrakūṭa was thus too close to Ayodhyā for Śrīrāma's comfort.
In addition, Śrīrāma noticed that the Citrakūṭa region was not able to recover quickly from the visitation of Bharata with his large army. They had camped there for a few days and this had disturbed the animal life there considerably. The deer, called here Sāraṅgas (spotted deer), seemed easily provoked into panic. They scampered in anxiety. This was an indication that in a way, Śrīrāma had disturbed the life of these animals in the forest. So he decided to move on immediately, deeper and farther away from Ayodhyā, leaving no 'reach me here" address.
Kālidāsa says, "But now, Śrīrāma, realising the proximity and accessibility of their hermitage inviting Bharata's repeated visits from Ayodhyā, and also noticing the agitated nature of the spotted deer in the neighbourhood, moved away, abandoning Citrakūṭa."
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