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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.82.12
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 82: Bharata examines the grass bed. Traces of Sītā’s gold and silk reveal where she slept, he vows to adopt forest life and offer himself in Rāma’s place
In the sequence: he notices traces of gold and silk in the grass and infers that she slept there still wearing her ornaments and clothing
2.82.12
iyaṃ śayyā mama bhrātur idaṃ hi parivartitam
sthaṇḍile kaṭhine sarvaṃ gātrair vimṛditaṃ tṛṇam
This is my brother's bed; here indeed he tossed and turned; upon the hard bare ground all the grass has been crushed by his limbs.
Words: iyaṃ — this; śayyā — bed; mama — my; bhrātur — of the brother; idaṃ — this; hi — indeed; parivartitam — tossed and turned upon; sthaṇḍile — on the bare ground; kaṭhine — hard; sarvaṃ — all; gātrair — by his limbs; vimṛditaṃ — crushed, ground down; tṛṇam — grass
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.