Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 93: Bharata finds Rāma · 2.93.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 93: Bharata finds Rāma. Bark markers and smoke lead him to the hut, he falls before his brother in tapasvin dress, Rāma embraces him & Śatrughna

In the sequence: Bharata goes ahead, asking Vasiṣṭha to bring the mothers; Śatrughna and Sumantra also approach

2.93.1

niviṣṭāyāṃ tu senāyām utsuko bharatas tadā
jagāma bhrātaraṃ draṣṭuṃ śatrughnam anudarśayan

When the army had encamped, then eager Bharata set out to see his brother, pointing out the way to Śatrughna.

Words: niviṣṭāyāṃ — when had encamped; tu — and; senāyām — the army; utsuko — eager; bharatas — Bharata; tadā — then; jagāma — went; bhrātaraṃ — brother; draṣṭuṃ — to see; śatrughnam — Śatrughna; anudarśayan — pointing out (the way)

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.