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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.81.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 81: Rāma and Sītā’s grass bed. Guha shows Bharata where they slept after taking only water, while Lakṣmaṇa and the Niṣādas kept watch

In the sequence: Hearing Guha's account, Bharata faints

2.81.1

guhasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bharato bhṛśam apriyam
dhyānaṃ jagāma tatraiva yatra tac chrutam apriyam

Hearing Guha's exceedingly painful words, Bharata sank into brooding, right there where that unwelcome news had been told.

Words: guhasya — of Guha; vacanaṃ — the words; śrutvā — having heard; bharato — Bharata; bhṛśam — exceedingly; apriyam — unwelcome, painful; dhyānaṃ — brooding, deep thought; jagāma — fell into, went; tatraiva — right there; yatra — where; tac — that; chrutam — was heard; apriyam — distressing (news)

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.