Ayodhya Kaanda
87 - Dialogue between the sage Vasistha and Bharata; Bharata prepares for a journey to Citrakuta in order to bring Sri Rama back to Ayodhya
Chaupais
Description
Everyone felt as great a joy as when the Cataka birds and peacocks hear a clap of thunder. When the people came to know Bharata's welcome resolve to start the very next morning, they all began to love him as their own life. After reverencing the sage and bowing their head to Bharata they all took leave and proceeded to their respective homes praising as they went his amiability and affection and exclaiming, "Blessed is Bharata's life in this world!" They said to one another, "A great object has been accomplished!" Everyone began to make preparations for the journey. Whomsoever they left behind saying "You should stay behind to guard the house," felt as if he was smitten on the neck. Someone said, "Nobody should be asked to remain behind; who in this world would not have the reward of his life?"