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The king's body is laid in a vessel filled with oil. Vasishtha calls messengers: run quickly to Bharata, and tell no one anywhere about the king. Say only this to Bharata: the guru has sent for both brothers. At the muni's order the runners race off on horses that shame the wind. Meanwhile, ever since the calamity began in Avadh, Bharata has met evil omens. He sees fearful dreams at night and wakes imagining a thousand bitter things. By day he feeds brahmanas and gives gifts, performs abhisheka of Shiva in many ways, and prays to Mahesha in his heart for the welfare of his mother, father, kin and brothers. In the doha, as Bharata broods, the messengers arrive; hearing the guru's command, he sets out after invoking Ganesha.
तेल नाव भरि नृप-तनु राखा । दूत बोलाइ बहुरि अस भाखा ॥
धावहु बेगि भरत पहिँ जाहू । नृप सुधि कतहुँ कहहु जनि काहू ॥
tela nāva bhari nṛpa-tanu rākhā | dūta bolāi bahuri asa bhākhā ||
dhāvahu begi bharata pahim̐ jāhū | nṛpa sudhi katahum̐ kahahu jani kāhū ||
एतनेइ कहेउ भरत सन जाई । गुरु-बोलाइ पठयउ दोउ भाई ॥
सुनि मुनि आयसु धावन धाये । चले बेगि बर-बाजि लजाये ॥
etanei kaheu bharata sana jāī | guru-bolāi paṭhayau dou bhāī ||
suni muni āyasu dhāvana dhāye | cale begi bara-bāji lajāye ||
अनरथ अवध अरम्भेउ जब तैं । कुसगुन होहिँ भरत कहँ तब तैं ॥
देखहिँ राति भयानक सपना । जागि करहिँ कटु कोटि कलपना ॥
anaratha avadha arambheu jaba taiṃ | kusaguna hohim̐ bharata kaham̐ taba taiṃ ||
dekhahim̐ rāti bhayānaka sapanā | jāgi karahim̐ kaṭu koṭi kalapanā ||
बिप्र जेवाँइ देहिँ दिन दाना । सिव अभिषेक करहिं बिधि नाना ॥
मागहिं हृदयँ महेस मनाई । कुसल मातु पितु परिजन भाई ॥
bipra jevām̐i dehim̐ dina dānā | siva abhiṣeka karahiṃ bidhi nānā ||
māgahiṃ hṛdayam̐ mahesa manāī | kusala mātu pitu parijana bhāī ||
एहि बिधि सोचत भरत मन, धावन पहुँचे आइ ।
गुरु-अनुसासन श्रवन सुनि, चले गनेस मनाइ ॥
ehi bidhi socata bharata mana, dhāvana pahum̐ce āi |
guru-anusāsana śravana suni, cale ganesa manāi ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
