Doha 224
निज गुन सहित राम गुन गाथा। सुनत जाहिं सुमिरत रघुनाथा॥ तीरथ मुनि आश्रम सुरधामा। निरखि निमज्जहिं करहिं प्रनामा॥१॥
मनहीं मन मागहिं बरु एहू। सीय राम पद पदुम सनेहू॥ मिलहिं किरात कोल बनबासी। बैखानस बटु जती उदासी॥२॥
करि प्रनामु पूँछहिं जेहि तेही। केहि बन लखनु रामु बैदेही॥ ते प्रभु समाचार सब कहहीं। भरतहि देखि जनम फलु लहहीं॥३॥
जे जन कहहिं कुसल हम देखे। ते प्रिय राम लखन सम लेखे॥ एहि बिधि बूझत सबहि सुबानी। सुनत राम बनबास कहानी॥४॥
Meaning
Hearing compliments for his own self as well as of Śrī Rāma’s virtues, Bharata went on his way remembering Śrī Rāma. Whenever he happened to see holy waters he bathed in them and whenever he caught sight of a hermitage or a temple, he made obeisance to it, (1) asking in his heart only one boon, viz., devotion to the lotus feet of Sītā and Śrī Rāma. Whomsoever he met, be he a Kola or any other forester or even if he were an anchorite, a religious student, a recluse or a hermit, (2) he would greet him with folded hands (i.e., do Praṇāma) and enquire in which part of the forest were Lakṣmaṇa, Śrī Rāma and Jānakī. They told him all the news of the Lord and at the sight of Bharata obtained the reward of their life. (3) Those persons who said they had seen the Lord doing well were counted as dear as Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa themselves. Thus in polite phrases he would make enquiries from all and hear the story of Śrī Rāma’s forest life. (4)
तेहि बासर बसि प्रातहीं चले सुमिरि रघुनाथ। राम दरस की लालसा भरत सरिस सब साथ॥२२४॥
Meaning
Halting that day in a suitable place, he resumed his journey early next morning invoking Śrī Raghunātha. Just like Bharata, everyone who accompanied him longed for a sight of Śrī Rāma. (224)
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