Ramayana · Chapter 2.079

evam uktas tu bharato niṣādādhipatiṃ guham
pratyuvāca mahāprājño vākyaṃ hetvarthasaṃhitam

ūrjitaḥ khalu te kāmaḥ kṛto mama guroḥ sakhe
yo me tvam īdṛśīṃ senām eko 'bhyarcitum icchasi

ity uktvā tu mahātejā guhaṃ vacanam uttamam
abravīd bharataḥ śrīmān niṣādādhipatiṃ punaḥ

katareṇa gamiṣyāmi bharadvājāśramaṃ guha
gahano 'yaṃ bhṛśaṃ deśo gaṅgānūpo duratyayaḥ

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ
abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ guho gahanagocaraḥ

dāśās tv anugamiṣyanti dhanvinaḥ susamāhitāḥ
ahaṃ cānugamiṣyāmi rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ

kaccin na duṣṭo vrajasi rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ
iyaṃ te mahatī senā śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me

tam evam abhibhāṣantam ākāśa iva nirmalaḥ
bharataḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā guhaṃ vacanam abravīt

mā bhūt sa kālo yat kaṣṭaṃ na māṃ śaṅkitum arhasi
rāghavaḥ sa hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo mama

taṃ nivartayituṃ yāmi kākutsthaṃ vanavāsinam
buddhir anyā na te kāryā guha satyaṃ bravīmi te

sa tu saṃhṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrutvā bharatabhāṣitam
punar evābravīd vākyaṃ bharataṃ prati harṣitaḥ

dhanyas tvaṃ na tvayā tulyaṃ paśyāmi jagatītale
ayatnād āgataṃ rājyaṃ yas tvaṃ tyaktum ihecchasi

śāśvatī khalu te kīrtir lokān anucariṣyati
yas tvaṃ kṛcchragataṃ rāmaṃ pratyānayitum icchasi

evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇasya guhasya bharataṃ tadā
babhau naṣṭaprabhaḥ sūryo rajanī cābhyavartata

saṃniveśya sa tāṃ senāṃ guhena paritoṣitaḥ
śatrughnena saha śrīmāñ śayanaṃ punar āgamat

rāmacintāmayaḥ śoko bharatasya mahātmanaḥ
upasthito hy anarhasya dharmaprekṣasya tādṛśaḥ

antardāhena dahanaḥ saṃtāpayati rāghavam
vanadāhābhisaṃtaptaṃ gūḍho 'gnir iva pādapam

prasrutaḥ sarvagātrebhyaḥ svedaḥ śokāgnisaṃbhavaḥ
yathā sūryāṃśusaṃtapto himavān prasruto himam

dhyānanirdaraśailena viniḥśvasitadhātunā
dainyapādapasaṃghena śokāyāsādhiśṛṅgiṇā

pramohānantasattvena saṃtāpauṣadhiveṇunā
ākrānto duḥkhaśailena mahatā kaikayīsutaḥ

guhena sārdhaṃ bharataḥ samāgato mahānubhāvaḥ sajanaḥ samāhitaḥ
sudurmanās taṃ bharataṃ tadā punar guhaḥ samāśvāsayad agrajaṃ prati