Uttar Kaanda
204 - Birth of sons to the four brothers; Ayodhya's loveliness; arrival of the sage Sanaka and his three brothers and their dialogue with Sri Rama
Chaupais
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When Sanaka and his brothers had left for Brahma's abode, the three brothers (Bharata, Laksmana and Satrughna) bowed their head at Sri Rama's feet; but being too modest themselves to interrogate the Lord, they all looked at the son of the wind-god. They wished to hear from the Lord's own mouth something which would eradicate all the misconceptions. The Lord, however, who regulates the internal feelings of all, came to know everything and enquired : "Tell me, Hanuman, what is the matter?" Hanuman replied with joined palms, "Listen, O lord, compassionate as You are to the meek. Bharata, my lord, wishes to ask something; but he is too diffident at heart to put the question." "Hanuman, you know my disposition. Has there ever been any secrecy between Bharata and myself?" On hearing the Lord's words Bharata clasped His feet.