{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":91,"title":"Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa","sentence":"He rejects suspicion of Bharata and shames his brother’s anger, Bharata spreads the camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage","portion":"Bharata approaches Citrakūṭa","sequence":[[{"steps":["Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa that weapons are unnecessary: Bharata would not wish them harm (91.1–3)"],"from":1,"to":3,"sarga":91},{"steps":["he asks what Bharata has ever done to justify this suspicion and says that insulting Bharata is an injury to himself (91.4–6)"],"from":4,"to":6,"sarga":91},{"steps":["if Lakṣmaṇa's concern is the Kingdom, Rāma says, Bharata would give it to him at his request (91.7–8)"],"from":7,"to":8,"sarga":91},{"steps":["Lakṣmaṇa becomes ashamed (91.9–11)"],"from":9,"to":11,"sarga":91},{"steps":["Rāma notices familiar royal horses and Daśaratha's elephant among the approaching company (91.12–13)"],"from":12,"to":13,"sarga":91},{"steps":["Lakṣmaṇa climbs down and stands beside him","meanwhile Bharata distributes his camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage (91.14–17)."],"from":14,"to":17,"sarga":91}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"2.091.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"susaṃrabdhaṃ tu saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ krodhamūrchitam","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmas tu parisāntvyātha vacanaṃ cedam abravīt","q":null}],"tr":"But Rāma, soothing the greatly agitated Saumitri, Lakṣmaṇa, who was beside himself with anger, spoke these words:","w":[["susaṃrabdhaṃ","greatly agitated, incensed","",[["su","very"],["saṃrabdha","agitated, enraged"]]],["tu","but"],["saumitriṃ","Saumitri (son of Sumitrā)"],["lakṣmaṇaṃ","Lakṣmaṇa"],["krodhamūrchitam","overcome, stupefied with anger","",[["krodha","anger"],["mūrchita","swooning, overcome"]]],["rāmas","Rāma","rāmaḥ"],["tu","but, and"],["parisāntvyātha","having soothed, then","parisāntvya atha"],["vacanaṃ cedam","and these words","vacanaṃ ca idam"],["abravīt","spoke"]]},{"v":2,"ref":"2.091.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kim atra dhanuṣā kāryam asinā vā sacarmaṇā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"maheṣvāse mahāprājñe bharate svayam āgate","q":null}],"tr":"“What need is there here of a bow, or of a sword with its shield, when the great archer, the deeply wise Bharata, has come in person?","w":[["kim atra","what here"],["dhanuṣā","with a bow"],["kāryam","need, business"],["asinā vā","or with a sword"],["sacarmaṇā","with a shield","",[["sa","with"],["carman","shield, hide"]]],["maheṣvāse","when the great archer","mahā-iṣvāse",[["mahā","great"],["iṣvāsa","archer, bowman"]]],["mahāprājñe","the deeply wise","",[["mahā","great"],["prājña","wise"]]],["bharate","Bharata (being come)"],["svayam āgate","having come in person"]]},{"v":3,"ref":"2.091.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"prāptakālaṃ yad eṣo 'smān bharato draṣṭum icchati","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"asmāsu manasāpy eṣa nāhitaṃ kiṃ cid ācaret","q":null}],"tr":"That Bharata wishes to see us is timely; not even in thought would he do us any harm.","w":[["prāptakālaṃ","timely, opportune","",[["prāpta","arrived"],["kāla","time"]]],["yad","that","yat"],["eṣo","he","eṣaḥ"],["'smān","us","asmān"],["bharato","Bharata","bharataḥ"],["draṣṭum icchati","wishes to see"],["asmāsu","toward us"],["manasāpy","even in mind","manasā api"],["eṣa","he"],["nāhitaṃ","nothing harmful","na ahitaṃ",[["a","not"],["hita","friendly, good"]]],["kiṃ cid","anything"],["ācaret","would do, practice"]]},{"v":4,"ref":"2.091.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"vipriyaṃ kṛtapūrvaṃ te bharatena kadā na kim","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"īdṛśaṃ vā bhayaṃ te 'dya bharataṃ yo 'tra śaṅkase","q":null}],"tr":"When has Bharata ever before done anything displeasing to you? 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