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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.92.14

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: encouraged that the search is nearing its end, he keeps the larger company back and hurries forward with Guha.

2.92.14

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bharataḥ śrīmān mumoda sahabāndhavaḥ
atra rāma iti jñātvā gataḥ pāram ivāmbhasaḥ

Seeing it, the illustrious Bharata, together with his kinsmen, rejoiced — knowing “Rāma is here” — like one who has reached the far shore of a flood.

Words: taṃ — it; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; bharataḥ — Bharata; śrīmān — the illustrious; mumoda — rejoiced; sahabāndhavaḥ — together with his kinsmen; atra rāma iti — ‘Rāma is here,’ thus; jñātvā — having known; gataḥ — gone, one who has reached; pāram — the far shore; ivāmbhasaḥ — as of a flood

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.