With fevered heart that mocked relief,

Distracted in his mind, the chief

Still mourned and found no rest.

Canto LXXXVI. Guha's Speech.

Guha the king, acquainted well

With all that in the wood befell,

To Bharat the unequalled told

The tale of Lakshmaṇ mighty-souled:

“With many an earnest word I spake