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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.84.18

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 84: Bharadvāja questions Bharata. Bharata leaves his army and weapons behind, denies seeking to eliminate his brothers and is invited to stay before continuing

In the sequence: he explains that he has come as a petitioner to bring Rāma back and asks where to find him

2.84.18

tvaṃ mām evaṃ gataṃ matvā prasādaṃ kartum arhasi
śaṃsa me bhagavan rāmaḥ kva saṃprati mahīpatiḥ

Knowing me to be in this state, you should show me grace; tell me, venerable one — where is Rāma, the lord of the earth, now?”

Words: tvaṃ — you; mām — me; evaṃ — thus; gataṃ — gone, disposed; matvā — having considered; prasādaṃ — grace, favor; kartum — to show, make; arhasi — you ought; śaṃsa — tell; me — to me; bhagavan — O venerable one; rāmaḥ — Rāma; kva — where; saṃprati — now; mahīpatiḥ — the lord of the earth

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.