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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.12

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: strips of bark hung along the route appear to be Lakṣmaṇa's markers, and smoke confirms that the dwelling is occupied

2.93.12

atrāhaṃ puruṣavyāghraṃ gurusatkārakāriṇam
āryaṃ drakṣyāmi saṃhṛṣṭo maharṣim iva rāghavam

Here, overjoyed, I shall behold the tiger among men, the noble Rāghava who honors his elders, as one beholds a great sage.

Words: atrāhaṃ — here I; puruṣavyāghraṃ — the tiger among men; gurusatkārakāriṇam — who renders honor to his elders; āryaṃ — the noble one; drakṣyāmi — I shall see; saṃhṛṣṭo — overjoyed; maharṣim — a great sage; iva — like; rāghavam — Rāghava

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.