- 'Oh ! best of men, foremost among men of excellent character and dispositon, it is not surprising that all noble qualities come to reside in you naturally like water poured flowing downward. [2-113-16]
With you as his son, endowed with qualities of righteousness and devotion to duty, your mightyarmed father Dasaratha is not dead. (He lives through you).' [2-113-17]
तमृषिं तु महात्मानमुक्तवाक्यं कृताञ्जलिः || आमन्त्रयितुमारेभे चरणावुपगृह्य च || २-११३-१८
Hearing the words of the magnanimous Bharadwaja, Bharata paid his respect, folding his palms, and clasping the feet of the sage and sought his permission to leave. [2-113-18]