SB 9.10.34

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 10: The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra

SB 9.10.33 - SB 9.10.35-38

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 34

go-mūtra-yāvakaṁ śrutvā

bhrātaraṁ valkalāmbaram

mahā-kāruṇiko 'tapyaj

jaṭilaṁ sthaṇḍile-śayam

SYNONYMS

go-mūtra-yāvakam—eating barley boiled in the urine of a cow; śrutvā—hearing; bhrātaram—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.

SB 9.10.33 - SB 9.10.35-38