[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 2.80 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.80 English (machine translation) 2.80 - **Language:** English ### [2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.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 - [Previous: 2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.79) - [Next: 2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.81) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.2.80) · Pramāṇa