रामशय्यादर्शनम्
Bharata Beholds Rama’s Forest Bed
इयं शय्या मम भ्रातुरिदं हि परिवर्तितम्।स्थण्डिले कठिने सर्वं गात्रै र्विमृदितं तृणम्।।।।
iyaṃ śayyā mama bhrātur idaṃ hi parivartitam |
sthaṇḍile kaṭhine sarvaṃ gātrair vimṛditaṃ tṛṇam ||
इयं शय्या मम भ्रातुरिदं हि परिवर्तितम्। स्थण्डिले कठिने सर्वं गात्रैर्विमृदितं तृणम्॥
This is my brother's couch and it is here where he had tossed about. The grass spread on this hard surface is crushed by his limbs.
Recognition of sacrifice: dharma may require accepting hardship; witnessing it truthfully deepens accountability and moral resolve in those left behind.
Bharata points out physical traces on the forest bedding—flattened grass on hard ground—showing Rāma slept there.
Bharata’s fraternal devotion and remorseful attentiveness to Rāma’s suffering.
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