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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.92.7

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 says he will find no peace until he sees the three travelers, bows at Rāma's feet, and has him installed

2.92.7

yāvan na rājye rājyārhaḥ pitṛpaitāmahe sthitaḥ
abhiṣekajalaklinno na me śāntir bhaviṣyati

Until he who is worthy of the kingdom, established in the realm of his fathers and forefathers, is wet with the water of consecration, there will be no peace for me.

Words: yāvan na — until; rājye — in the kingdom; rājyārhaḥ — worthy of the kingdom; pitṛpaitāmahe — ancestral, of fathers and forefathers; sthitaḥ — established; abhiṣekajalaklinno — wet with consecration-water; na — no; me — for me; śāntir — peace; bhaviṣyati — will be

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.