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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.92.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 92: Bharata searches for Rāma’s hut. Search parties enter the forest, smoke guides Bharata forward and he keeps the larger company back while approaching with Guha

In the sequence: he walks through the flowering woods and sees smoke rising near a tree

2.92.11

evam uktvā mahātejā bharataḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
padbhyām eva mahātejāḥ praviveśa mahad vanam

Having spoken thus, the greatly splendid Bharata, bull among men, of great splendour, entered the great forest on foot.

Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; mahātejā — of great splendour; bharataḥ — Bharata; puruṣarṣabhaḥ — bull among men; padbhyām eva — on foot indeed; mahātejāḥ — of great splendour; praviveśa — entered; mahad vanam — the great forest

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.