BHARATA BECOMES RAAMA'S DEPUTY

Saying this, the great Bharata, with tear-filled eyes, clung to the feet of Raamachandra.

Raama raised him from the ground and embracing him said:

"Child, we were born in a noble family and brought up in good ways. Neither you nor I can do anything wrong. I see no fault in you, my blameless brother! Do not feel sad and do not speak unkind words about your mother. It is not proper that we should blame her.

Surely our father had the right to tell us what to do, aye, even to decree banishment, just as he bad the right to order a coronation. Our duty is to honour our father and our mother. How could I disobey or question their command? Was it for me to refuse my father's command that I should go to the forest?

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