सर्गः ८१
In which Bharata faints at Guha tidings, mourning mothers gather, and Guha recounts Rāma refusing food and sleeping beneath an iṅgudī tree
Bharata hears Guha unwelcome tidings — Bharata faints like pierced elephant — Śatrughna embraces wailing Bharata — Grieving mothers surround fallen Bharata — Kausalyā questions Bharata about Rāma party — Bharata asks Guha about Rāma night — Guha tells Rāma refusing offered food — Rāma fasts on Lakṣmaṇa fetched water — Rāma and Sītā sleep on grass bed — Lakṣmaṇa and Guha guard bow in hand