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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.86.8
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 86: Bharadvāja directs Bharata to Citrakūṭa. The Mandākinī and leaf hut identify Rāma’s home, Bharata introduces the Queens and is urged not to blame Kaikeyī
In the sequence: he asks the way to his brother
2.86.8
āśramaṃ tasya dharmajña dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ
ācakṣva katamo mārgaḥ kiyān iti ca śaṃsa me
O knower of dharma, point out the hermitage of that righteous, great-souled one; tell me which is the road, and how far it is.
Words: āśramaṃ — the hermitage; tasya — of that; dharmajña — O knower of dharma; dhārmikasya — of the righteous one; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled one; ācakṣva — tell, point out; katamo — which; mārgaḥ — road; kiyān — how far, how great; iti ca — and thus; śaṃsa — tell; me — to me
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.