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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.92.15

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.

2.92.15

sa citrakūṭe tu girau niśāmya rāmāśramaṃ puṇyajanopapannam
guhena sārdhaṃ tvarito jagāma punar niveśyaiva camūṃ mahātmā

Having beheld on Mount Citrakūṭa Rāma's hermitage, filled with holy folk, the great-souled one, encamping his army once more, went in haste together with Guha.

Words: sa — he; citrakūṭe — on Citrakūṭa; tu — and; girau — on the mountain; niśāmya — having beheld; rāmāśramaṃ — Rāma's hermitage; puṇyajanopapannam — filled with holy folk; guhena — with Guha; sārdhaṃ — together; tvarito — in haste; jagāma — went; punar — again; niveśyaiva — having encamped; camūṃ — the army; mahātmā — the great-souled one

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.