His elders with all reverence meet.”

Thus Bharat reached that forest rill,

Thus roamed on Chitrakúṭa's hill;

Then pity in his breast awoke,

And to his friends the hero spoke:

“Woe, woe upon my life and birth!

The prince of men, the lord of earth

Has sought the lonely wood to dwell

Sequestered in a hermit's cell.

Through me, through me these sorrows fall