Rama and Sita know my heart and you are full of knowledge and wisdom; if, my lord, you mean what you say, make your word good.”
Hearing Bharat's words and seeing his love, the saint and the whole assembly were transported out of themselves. Bharat's vast generosity was like a sheet of water and the saint's proposal like a woman standing on its brink, anxious to cross and trying different ways, but unable to find either ship, boat or raft. Who can describe Bharat's magnanimity? Can the ocean be contained in a river-shell? The saint was inwardly at heart charmed with Bharat, and accompanied by the assembly went to Rama. The lord saluted him and led him to a seat of honour; and on receiving the saint's permission all sat down. Then spoke Yasishtha in well-considered words, according to the circumstances of the place and time: “Hearken, Rama; You are omniscient and wise, a storehouse of piety, prudence, virtue and intelligence;
Hearing Bharat's words and seeing his love, the saint and the whole assembly were transported out of themselves. Bharat's vast generosity was like a sheet of water and the saint's proposal like a woman standing on its brink, anxious to cross and trying different ways, but unable to find either ship, boat or raft. Who can describe Bharat's magnanimity? Can the ocean be contained in a river-shell? The saint was inwardly at heart charmed with Bharat, and accompanied by the assembly went to Rama. The lord saluted him and led him to a seat of honour; and on receiving the saint's permission all sat down. Then spoke Yasishtha in well-considered words, according to the circumstances of the place and time: “Hearken, Rama; You are omniscient and wise, a storehouse of piety, prudence, virtue and intelligence;