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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.19

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.

2.79.19

dhyānanirdaraśailena viniḥśvasitadhātunā
dainyapādapasaṃghena śokāyāsādhiśṛṅgiṇā

By a mountain whose caverns were his brooding, whose ores were his deep sighs, whose clustering trees were his despondency, and whose lofty peaks were his grief and weariness —

Words: dhyānanirdaraśailena — by the mountain whose caverns are brooding; viniḥśvasitadhātunā — whose ores are deep sighs; dainyapādapasaṃghena — whose thickets of trees are despondency; śokāyāsādhiśṛṅgiṇā — whose towering peaks are grief and toil

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.