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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.20

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.

2.79.20

pramohānantasattvena saṃtāpauṣadhiveṇunā
ākrānto duḥkhaśailena mahatā kaikayīsutaḥ

its numberless beasts his spells of delusion, its herbs and bamboos his torments: by this great mountain of sorrow was the son of Kaikeyī overwhelmed.

Words: pramohānantasattvena — whose numberless beasts are fits of swooning; saṃtāpauṣadhiveṇunā — whose herbs and bamboos are torments; ākrānto — overwhelmed, overcome; duḥkhaśailena — by a mountain of sorrow; mahatā — great; kaikayīsutaḥ — the son of Kaikeyī

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.