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.

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.