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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.16

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 79: Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose. Bharata denies seeking Rāma’s death and asks the way to Bharadvāja, Guha offers guides and praises his refusal of the Kingdom

In the sequence: thoughts of Rāma's hardship overwhelm him again, and Guha returns to comfort him.

2.79.16

rāmacintāmayaḥ śoko bharatasya mahātmanaḥ
upasthito hy anarhasya dharmaprekṣasya tādṛśaḥ

Such a grief, made of anxious thought for Rāma, befell the great-souled Bharata, who looked ever to dharma and did not deserve it.

Words: rāmacintāmayaḥ — made of anxious thought for Rāma; śoko — grief; bharatasya — of Bharata; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; upasthito — befell, came upon; hy — indeed; anarhasya — undeserving (of it); dharmaprekṣasya — who looks to dharma; tādṛśaḥ — such

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.