Ayodhyākāṇḍa Song 81: Bharata’s Devoted Way of Life

मोहि भावति, कहि आवति नहि भरतजूकी रहनि। सजल नयन सिथिल बयन प्रभु-गुन-गान कहनि॥ १ ॥ असन-बसन-अयन-सयन धरम गरुअ गहनि। दिन दिन पन-प्रेम-नेम निरुपधि निबहनि॥ २ ॥ सीता-रघुनाथ-लखन-बिरह-पीर सहनि। तुलसी तजि उभय लोक रामचरन-चहनि॥ ३ ॥

Bharata’s way of life delights me, yet it cannot be expressed: with tear-filled eyes and faltering voice, he sings and speaks the Lord’s virtues. (1) In food, clothing, movement, and sleep he embraces a weighty discipline; day by day he sustains his vow, love, and sacred observance without ulterior aim. (2) He endures the pain of separation from Sītā, Raghunātha, and Lakṣmaṇa. Tulsī says that, renouncing both worlds, he longs only for Rāma’s feet. (3)