When Guha met Bharata, he beheld in the prince an unsurpassed devotion and a resolve, which was unshakable. In him he also saw a love, whose burning intensity tormented his mind, which would find no deliverance from its torment, until Rama was crowned king. To lessen that agony, Guha told him of Lakshmana's unparalleled servitude towards his brother. He elaborated on how meticulously and personally, Lakshmana oversaw all of Rama's needs and comforts. Guha said, "When Rama stopped here for a night, Lakshmana stood guard with no thought of either rest or sleep for himself. When I offered to keep vigil, Lakshmana listened but his answer so simple and so profound proved the magnitude of his absolute devotion to Rama." Lakshmana had said, "To behold the son of Dasaratha sleep on the ground with Sita resting by his side and still be alive is in itself impossibe. How can I even think of sleep? How can I be comfortable and happy? Look Guha, look at Rama the most valorous of men whom the combined forces of the Devas and Danavas cannot vanquish. See him, who is the divine manifestation and an equal of his father. Dasaratha, Kausalya and Sumitra will not survive this separation from Rama beyond this night and the earth will be widowed with the death of the king. Sumitra may survive because of Satrughna, but Kausalya will surely perish and my unfortunate father will pass away without his wish being fulfilled. Fortunate are Bharata and Satrughna who will perform the obsequies of my father, only the blessed will inherit Ayodhya, a splendid city teeming with beautiful people, horses, chariots and elephants."

Guha conclude his narration saying that he had ferried the exiles across the Ganga from where they had entered the forest, to begin the first day of their fourteen years of exile.