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unsought? Your glory will shine forever."
The
hunter-king
supplied
Bharata's
army with all it needed. The hosts and the
guests retired for the night.
The meeting with Guha only increased
Bharata's sorrow. Bharata was endowed
with a heart of utter innocence. He sighed
and said: "AIas, that it should come to
this," and rolled sleepless on the ground.
His whole body burned with thoughts of
the infamy that had come as a cloud over
him, his father's death and the parting
from Rama. Guha spoke words of comfort
and tried to console him. This meeting of
Bharata and Guha and the way they
shared their sorrow is an episode dear to
the Vaishnava Alvars and other true
Bhaktas.
Bharat questioned: "What food did
Rama take when he was here? Where did
he sit? Where did he sleep? What did he
say? And what did he do?"
Guha answered every question lovingly
and pointed the spot where Rama had
slept. And when he was asked, "Where
did
Lakshmana
sleep?"
He
replied:
"Lakshmana said, 'When Rama and Sita
lie stretched on the bare earth, how can I
sleep?' and he shed tears and, like me,
stood on guard the whole night, bow in
hand."
As Bharata pictured this scene, his
grief became unendurable. He saw the
spot where Rama and Sita had slept that
night and showed it to the weeping
queens.
Asked what Rama ate, Guha answered:
"My
Lord,
they
fasted
that
night.
Lakshmana brought some water and Rama
drank of it and handed it back to
Lakshmana to drink. The food brought
was
returned
untasted.
The
following
morning, they matted their locks and
walked into the forest."
Bharata had found some relief from
sorrow in his resolve to seek out Rama
and persuade him to return, but his talk
with Guha and the sights he saw brought
it back in full flood.
"For my sake, Rama, you slept on the
grass. I have seen the spot and still live.
And they want me to wear a crown, on top
of
all
this!"
Thus
he
lamented
inconsolably.
Then he told himself: "I shall somehow
take Rama back and seat him on the
throne. If he wants his vow fulfilled, I
shall replace him in the forest for fourteen
years. He will agree to this arrangement as
it is only right and proper." Thus he
calmed himself.
Early next morning, Bharata woke up
Satrughna: "What are you still sleeping?
The day has already dawned. The army
has to cross the river. We should send
quickly for Guha and arrange for the
journey."
Satrughna answered: "I am not asleep,
brother. Like you I spent the whole night
thinking of Rama."
While
they
were
speaking,
Guha
arrived