The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI - Part 2 - 99

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99Canto XCIX. Bharat's Approach.Soon as the warriors took their rest Obeying Bharat's high behest, Thus Bharat to Śatrughna spake: “A band of soldiers with thee take, And with these hunters o'er and o'er The thickets of the wood explore. With bow, sword, arrows in their hands Let Guha with his kindred bands Within this grove remaining trace The children of Kakutstha's race. And I meanwhile on foot will through This neighbouring wood my way pursue, With elders and the twice-born men, And every lord and citizen. There is, I feel, no rest for me Till Ráma's face again I see, Lakshmaṇ,