Doha 238
सखा बचन सुनि बिटप निहारी। उमगे भरत बिलोचन बारी॥ करत प्रनाम चले दोउ भाई। कहत प्रीति सारद सकुचाई॥१॥
हरषहिं निरखि राम पद अंका। मानहुँ पारसु पायउ रंका॥ रज सिर धरि हियँ नयनन्हि लावहिं। रघुबर मिलन सरिस सुख पावहिं॥२॥
देखि भरत गति अकथ अतीवा। प्रेम मगन मृग खग जड़ जीवा॥ सखहि सनेह बिबस मग भूला। कहि सुपंथ सुर बरषहिं फूला॥३॥
निरखि सिद्ध साधक अनुरागे। सहज सनेहु सराहन लागे॥ होत न भूतल भाउ भरत को। अचर सचर चर अचर करत को॥४॥
Meaning
The moment Bharata heard the words of his friend Guha and saw the trees, tears rushed to his eyes. The two brothers, Bharata and Śatrughna, made obeisance as they proceeded; even Sarasvatī, the goddess of speech, felt diffident in describing their love for Śrī Rāma. (1) They were as delighted to behold Śrī Rāma’s footprints as a pauper who had stumbled on a philosopher’s stone. Placing the dust on their head and heart they applied it to their eyes and experienced the same degree of joy as they would on seeing Śrī Raghunātha Himself. (2) Perceiving Bharata’s condition, which was altogether beyond description, beasts and birds and even inanimate creatures (such as trees etc.) were overwhelmed with emotion. Overpowered by love, Bharata’s friend Guha lost his way; but the gods showed it to him and rained flowers. (3) God-realized saints as well as striving souls were filled with love at Bharata’s very sight and began to praise his natural affection. If Bharata had not been born on this globe (or if the earth had not witnessed his love) it would not have been possible to turn inanimate into animate and animate into inanimate beings. (4)
पेम अमिअ मंदरु बिरहु भरतु पयोधि गँभीर। मथि प्रगटेउ सुर साधु हित कृपासिंधु रघुबीर॥२३८॥
Meaning
For the sake of gods and saints the all-compassionate Śrī Rāma extracted this nectar of love by churning the unfathomable depths of Bharata’s soul; and it was separation from Him which stood for Mount Mandara (that served as a churning-rod).* (238) * The metaphor has been taken from the Paurāṇika story of Amṛta-Manthana.
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