गोमूत्रयावकं श्रुत्वा भ्रातरं वल्कलाम्बरम् । महाकारुणिकोऽतप्यज्जटिलं स्थण्डिलेशयम् ॥ ३४ ॥
go-mutra-yavakam srutva bhrataram valkalambaram maha-karuniko ’tapyaj jatilam sthandile-sayam
- go-mutra-yavakam
- eating barley boiled in the urine of a cow
- srutva
- hearing
- bhrataram
- His brother Bharata
- valkala-ambaram
- covered with the bark of trees
- maha-karunikah
- the supremely merciful Lord Ramacandra
- atapyat
- lamented very much
- jatilam
- wearing matted locks of hair
- sthandile-sayam
- lying down on a grass mattress, or kusasana.
Upon reaching Ayodhya, Lord Ramacandra 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 kusa. The most merciful Lord very much lamented this.