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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.82.15

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

2.82.15

manye bhartuḥ sukhā śayyā yena bālā tapasvinī
sukumārī satī duḥkhaṃ na vijānāti maithilī

I think a wife finds her husband's bed pleasant, for by this the young, ascetic Maithilī, delicate though she is, knows no hardship.

Words: manye — I think; bhartuḥ — of the husband; sukhā — pleasant; śayyā — the bed; yena — whereby, for which reason; bālā — the young girl; tapasvinī — the ascetic, poor thing; sukumārī — delicate, tender; satī — being (a faithful wife); duḥkhaṃ — hardship; na — not; vijānāti — knows, feels; maithilī — Maithilī (princess of Mithilā)

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.