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The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
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like Lord Brahmā and other demigods glorified the activities of the Lord in great jubilation.
TEXT 34
गोमूत्रयावकं श्रुत्वा भ्रातरं वल्कलाम्बरम् । महाकारुणिकोऽतप्यजटिलं स्थण्डिलेशयम् ॥३४॥
go-mūtra-yāvakaṁ śrutvā bhrātaraṁ valkalāmbaram mahā-kāruṇiko 'tapyaj jaṭilaṁ sthaṇḍile-śayam
go-mūtra-yāvakam —eating barley boiled in the urine of a cow;  śrutvā —hearing;  bhrātaraṁ —His brother Bharata;  valkala-ambaram —covered with the bark of trees;  mahā-kāruṇikaḥ —the supremely merciful Lord Rāmacandra;  atapyat —lamented very much;  jaṭilam —wearing matted locks of hair;  sthaṇḍile-śayam —lying down on a grass mattress, or  kuśāsana .
TRANSLATION
Upon reaching Ayodhyā, Lord Rāmacandra heard that in His absence His brother Bharata was eating barley cooked in the urine of a cow, covering His body with the bark of trees, wearing matted locks of hair, and lying on a mattress of kuśa. The most merciful Lord very much lamented this.
TEXTS 35–38
भरतः प्राप्तमाकर्ण्य पौरामात्यपुरोहितैः । पादुके शिरसि न्यस्य रामं प्रत्युद्यतोऽग्रजम् ॥३५॥ नन्दिग्रामात् स्वशिबिराद् गीतवादित्रनिःस्वनैः । ब्रह्मघोषेण च मुहुः पठद्भिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥३६॥ स्वर्णकक्षपताकाभिहैर्मैश्चित्रध्वजै रथैः । सदश्चै रुक्मसन्नाहैर्भटैः पुरटवर्मभिः ॥३७॥