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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.5

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 63: Bharata’s ominous dream. Daśaratha falls into filth and oil and travels south in a donkey-drawn chariot, Bharata wakes fearing a family death

In the sequence: his companions try music, dancing, stories, and jokes, but cannot cheer him

2.63.5

sa tair mahātmā bharataḥ sakhibhiḥ priya vādibhiḥ
goṣṭhīhāsyāni kurvadbhir na prāhṛṣyata rāghavaḥ

But the great-souled Bharata, the Rāghava, was not cheered by those kindly-speaking companions who made the jests of good company.

Words: sa — he; tair — by those; mahātmā — great-souled; bharataḥ — Bharata; sakhibhiḥ — by companions; priya vādibhiḥ — kindly-speaking; goṣṭhīhāsyāni — the jests of company; kurvadbhir — making; na — not; prāhṛṣyata — was cheered, delighted; rāghavaḥ — the Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.