At Dawn the Whole Company Longs for Ram's Darshan
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 224
Doha 224 · Movement 2 of 2
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The travellers spend another day upon the road and accept the night's necessary pause. Rest does not diminish the direction held within them.
At dawn they rise remembering Raghunath and set out again. One name gathers the scattered camps into a single moving body.
The longing once seen most clearly in Bharata has spread through the entire company. Every companion now carries the same desire for Ram's darshan, burning quietly beneath step, meal, and sleep. The pilgrimage is no longer a multitude following one brother's resolve. It has become a shared interior movement, thousands of hearts leaning toward the same forest presence as morning opens.
When dawn lifts the camp, Bharata's longing is no longer his alone; the whole company rises hungry for Ram's face.
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तेहि बासर बसि प्रातहीं चले सुमिरि रघुनाथ। राम दरस की लालसा भरत सरिस सब साथ।।224।।
That day they rested, and at dawn they set out again, remembering Raghunath in their hearts. Every companion shared the same longing as Bharat: the burning desire for Rama's blessed darshan.