‘I make bold, my lord, to say something before I am asked; but a servant ceases to be presumptuous if his presumption is not inopportune. You, master, are the crest-jewel of the omniscient; yet I, your servant, tell you my own mind.

You, my lord, are supremely loving by nature and very simple-hearted, a treasure-house of amiability and affection; you love and trust everyone and believe all to be just like yourself.

Fools given to the pleasures of the senses become infatuated on attaining power and betray their true nature. Bharata was righteous and good and wise and devoted to the feet of the Lord, as all the world knows.

But now that he has succeeded to the throne, he comes here transgressing the bounds of righteousness. Choosing this evil opportunity and knowing that Rama is all alone in the forest, this treacherous and wicked Bharata,

- has gathered together his men with designs against you and has come to make his sovereignty secure. After devising countless crooked schemes, the two brothers have assembled an army and come.

If they had no wicked intent and roguery in their hearts, why should they want to bring chariots and horses and elephants? But why reproach Bharata needlessly when we now that all the world goes mad on winning sovereignty?

The moon seduced his guru’s wife, Nahusha mounted a palanquin borne by Brahmans, and there was none so vile as Vena, an enemy of established usage and the Vedas.