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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.14

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: near the Mandākinī he reproaches himself that Rāma is living this way for his sake

2.93.14

jagatyāṃ puruṣavyāghra āste vīrāsane rataḥ
janendro nirjanaṃ prāpya dhin me janma sajīvitam

The tiger among men, the lord of men, having withdrawn to a lonely place, sits on the bare ground intent on the hero's posture — fie on my birth and my life!

Words: jagatyāṃ — on the ground; puruṣavyāghra — the tiger among men; āste — sits; vīrāsane — in the hero's posture; rataḥ — intent, devoted; janendro — the lord of men; nirjanaṃ — a solitary place; prāpya — having reached; dhin — fie, alas; me — my; janma — birth; sajīvitam — together with (my) life

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.