Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 85: Bharata Reveals His Intentions to Guha
Text 2.85.4
कतरेण गमिष्यामि भरद्वाजाश्रमं गुह।
गहनोऽयं भृशं देशो गङ्गानूपो दुरत्ययः॥
katareṇa gamiṣyāmi bharadvājāśramaṁ guha
gahano ’yaṁ bhṛśaṁ deśo gaṅgānūpo duratyayaḥ
katareṇa = by which path; gamiṣyāmi = can I reach; bharadvāja-āśramam = Bharadvāja’s āśrama; guha = Guha; gahanaḥ = is difficult to enter; ayam = the; bhṛśam = extremely; deśaḥ gaṅgā-anūpaḥ = the watery land by Gaṅgā 1; duratyayaḥ = and hard to pass through.
Guha, by which path can I reach Bharadvāja’s āśrama? The watery land by Gaṅgā is extremely difficult to enter and hard to pass through.