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Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.76

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2.76

Thereupon, departing from the city accompanied by the inner apartments, having his path leveled by a troop of artisans, muddying the heavenly Gaṅgā with the mass of dust stirred up from the ground trodden by the feet of men, elephants, chariots, and horses marching ahead, and having crossed [the river] with the consent of Guha whose multitude of virtues had been extolled by Sumantra, Bharata laid down his burden of bark garments from afar at the entrance of the hermitage and bowed down before Bharadvāja.
This sage Bharadvāja, glad at heart, gazed upon Bharata and each one of the mothers, and summoning the army as well, offered them suitable hospitality.
Bharadvāja, to whom all the gods were like soldiers ready at the movement of his brows, offered such hospitality to the embodied beings belonging to Bharata's army, / that the gods in heaven, enjoying the fruits of having performed terrible austerities, would yearn for an instant of the contentment prepared by the sage. 76