Doha 216
कीन्ह निमज्जनु तीरथराजा। नाइ मुनिहि सिरु सहित समाजा॥ रिषि आयसु असीस सिर राखी। करि दंडवत बिनय बहु भाषी॥१॥
पथ गति कुसल साथ सब लीन्हें। चले चित्रकूटहिं चितु दीन्हें॥ रामसखा कर दीन्हें लागू। चलत देह धरि जनु अनुरागू॥२॥
नहिं पद त्रान सीस नहिं छाया। पेमु नेमु ब्रतु धरमु अमाया॥ लखन राम सिय पंथ कहानी। पूँछत सखहि कहत मृदु बानी॥३॥
राम बास थल बिटप बिलोकें। उर अनुराग रहत नहिं रोकें॥ देखि दसा सुर बरिसहिं फूला। भइ मृदु महि मगु मंगल मूला॥४॥
Meaning
Bharata and his party took a dip into the Triveṇī (the confluence of the Gaṅgā, Yamunā and Sarasvatī), the chief of sacred places, and bowed their head to sage Bharadvāja. Bharata reverently received his orders and blessings and prostrating himself made much supplication. (1) Accompanied by expert guides and taking the whole host along with him, he proceeded on his journey with his thoughts directed towards Citrakūṭa. Holding Śrī Rāma’s friend, Guha, by the hand he walked along like the very embodiment of love. (2) He had no sandals and no umbrella over his head; and his love, self-discipline, austerity and piety were unfeigned. He asked his friend Guha to give an account of the wanderings of Lakṣmaṇa, Śrī Rāma and Sītā, and Guha narrated the same in soft accents. (3) When he saw the spots where Śrī Rāma had rested and the trees under which he had halted, the emotion within his (Bharata’s) heart could not be contained. The gods who beheld his condition rained down flowers; the earth grew soft and the path became pleasant. (4)
किएँ जाहिं छाया जलद सुखद बहइ बर बात। तस मगु भयउ न राम कहँ जस भा भरतहि जात॥२१६॥
Meaning
The clouds afforded him shade all along and a delightful and excellent breeze kept blowing. The journey was not so agreeable even to Śrī Rāma as it proved to be for Bharata.(216)
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