Bharat Milap

Ayodhya prepares to crown Rama. Bharat is in Kekaya. Kaikeyi's maid Manthara reminds the queen of two boons, and Kaikeyi demands the crown for Bharat and fourteen years of exile for Rama. Dasharatha is bound by the promise. Rama leaves with Sita and Lakshmana. Dasharatha dies of grief. Bharat refuses the throne, condemns Kaikeyi, and goes with Vashishtha and the people to bring Rama back. At Shringverpur, Nishadraj first thinks Bharat means harm. In the forest Rama will not break the vow. Bharat takes Rama's sandals to Ayodhya, sets them on the throne, and rules only as regent.