Ramayan Part 21 - Bharata Goes To The Forest Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

On the bank of the Ganga River,
A great army encamped there,
On the other side of the Bank,
Guha saw men of each rank.

From the flag he came to guess,
This might be a Bharata’s fuss,
A show of his strength to kill Ram,
Or create some kind of a problem.

He came to Bharata to find
What was the plot behind?
But saw tears in his eyes,
Not a sign of any war cries.

On Bharata he took pity,
Helped him and his army,
To cross the river safely,
Batch by batch swiftly.

He showed them the way
Where all the sages stay
And towards Bharadwaj’s place
Marched the anxious prince.

Bharadwaj put him to test,
To know his mind at first,
And saw his good intention,
That deserved proper attention.

Not to be harsh with his mother
The sage told him, whatever
Happened was for the good
Of the world, as he understood.

The sage entertained them all,
To their satisfaction in full,
And directed them to the place
Where Ram stayed in peace.

The entourage next moved,
Towards the winding road,
That led them to Ram’s hut,
With their faces bright.

It was another opportunity,
For the entire community,
To meet Ram, their great
Prince with a merciful heart.

Thus Bharata’s place one,
In the great epic Ramayan,
In all the letters golden,
Has highly been written.