Bharata tried to shut out Kaikeyi's dreadful words, as they echoed and re-echoed in his mind.Grieving for a dead father and an exiled brother he said, "Deprived of a father and a brother, full of paternal love for me, of what use is this kingdom?You have rendered Dasaratha lifeless and Rama an ascetic, to wander in the wilderness of Dandakaranya.Like salt being sprinkled on a raw wound, you are causing me sorrow upon sorrow. For the destruction of the Ikshvaku dynasty you have come here, like the night of death and deluge. Just as fire destroys all that it embraces, so has Dasaratha perished in your embrace, his marriage to you has brought him death!Why mother? Why did you kill my father and banish Rama?What made you clothe Rama in bark garments? Did it not horrify you to see him so, the noblest son of Dasaratha who looked upon you with such love and respect? Kausalya, who cared for you like a sister, did she deserve this, what have you achieved? Unaware of my love for Rama, wanting to bestow the crown me you have brought upon yourself, a great calamity. Now, relying on whose strength do I rule this country? If only Rama had not looked upon you as his own mother, I would have abandoned you without any qualms.What made you deviate from the path of justice and fall to this state, which will surely be condemned by all our ancestors?"

"Tradition and Kshatriya dharma decree, that the first born son of a king alone will inherit the throne.More so is this norm honored, in the tradition bound Ikshvaku dynasty. How can you, born of a race which values the same conventions, deviate from them? How did these lowly deplorable thoughts so full of blame occur to you?From this moment I will prevent you from using me as pawn to further your cause. To your bane will I bring Rama back to Ayodhya and be his slave" said Bharata. Though his grief was boundless, it did not hold him back from letting loose a barrage of accusations against the pitiable queen! Roaring like an infuriated lion he vented his abusive wrath on Kaikeyi, to her woe.