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ŚB 9.10.34

Devanagari

गोमूत्रयावकं श्रुत्वा भ्रातरं वल्कलाम्बरम् ।
महाकारुणिकोऽतप्यज्जटिलं स्थण्डिलेशयम् ॥ ३४ ॥

Text

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.