Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.80

2.80

Immediately after that, just as a black antelope, burning with intense heat and thirsty in a vast summer desert, comes swiftly upon a lotus pond whose waters are filled with an abundance of nectar obtained by chance, Bharata approached in haste, fell at his feet, wept for a long time, and by recounting the story of Daśaratha, caused Rāma, accompanied by Maithilī and Lakṣmaṇa, to swoon with grief.
As the ocean of their sorrow was crossing its shores, / Vasiṣṭha, who knew the Self, acted as an Agastya toward it. 80