The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 2 - 101

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101Canto CI. Bharata Questioned.Then Ráma gazed, and scarcely knew Bharat so worn and changed in hue. He raised him, kissed him on the head, Embraced him, and thus kindly said: “Where was thy father, brother dear, That thou art come to seek me here? Unmeet, if he be living yet, Thy feet within the wood to set. I pray thee now the cause declare Why thou hast left the kingdom there, With matted locks and deerskin dress To roam the distant wilderness.” Thus questioned by the prince, at length Kaikeyí's son regained his strength, And hand to hand in reverence laid,