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Bharata hears his own praise mixed with Rama's, and walks on remembering Rama. At every tirtha, hermitage and shrine he bathes and bows, and in his heart asks one boon only: love for the feet of Sita and Rama. He meets Kiratas, Kols, hermits, students and renunciants. Bowing to each, he asks in which forest Lakshmana, Rama and Vaidehi are. They give him all the news and feel their birth fulfilled at seeing Bharata. Anyone who says he has seen them well, Bharata holds as dear as Rama and Lakshmana. So that day passes, and at dawn he moves on, everyone sharing his longing for Rama's darshan.
निज गुन सहित राम-गुन-गाथा । सुनत जाहिँ सुमिरत रघुनाथा ॥
तीरथ मुनि-आस्त्रम सुर-धामा । निरखि निमज्जहिँ करहिँ प्रनामा ॥
nija guna sahita rāma-guna-gāthā | sunata jāhim̐ sumirata raghunāthā ||
tīratha muni-āstrama sura-dhāmā | nirakhi nimajjahim̐ karahim̐ pranāmā ||
मनहीं मन मागहिं बर एहू । सीय-राम-पद-पदुम सनेहू ॥
मिलहिँ किरात कोल बन-बासी । बैषानस बटु जती उदासी ॥
manahīṃ mana māgahiṃ bara ehū | sīya-rāma-pada-paduma sanehū ||
milahim̐ kirāta kola bana-bāsī | baiṣānasa baṭu jatī udāsī ||
करि प्रनाम पूँछहिं जेहिं तेही । केहि बन लखन-राम-बैदेही ॥
ते प्रभु समाचार सब कहहीँ । भरतहि देखि जनम-फल लहहीॅ ॥
kari pranāma pūm̐chahiṃ jehiṃ tehī | kehi bana lakhana-rāma-baidehī ||
te prabhu samācāra saba kahahīm̐ | bharatahi dekhi janama-phala lahahīॅ ||
जे जन कहहिॅ कुसल हम देखे । ते प्रिय राम-लखन-सम लेखे ॥
एहि बिधि बूझत सबहि सुबानी । सुनत राम-बनबास कहानी ॥
je jana kahahiॅ kusala hama dekhe | te priya rāma-lakhana-sama lekhe ||
ehi bidhi būjhata sabahi subānī | sunata rāma-banabāsa kahānī ||
तेहि बासर बसि प्रातहीं, चले सुमिरि रघुनाथ ।
राम-दरस की लालसा, भरत सरिस सब साथ ॥
tehi bāsara basi prātahīṃ, cale sumiri raghunātha |
rāma-darasa kī lālasā, bharata sarisa saba sātha ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0
