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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.15

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

2.93.15

matkṛte vyasanaṃ prāpto lokanātho mahādyutiḥ
sarān kāmān parityajya vane vasati rāghavaḥ

For my sake the lord of the world, of great splendor, has fallen into calamity; giving up all pleasures, Rāghava dwells in the forest.

Words: matkṛte — for my sake; vyasanaṃ — calamity; prāpto — has met with; lokanātho — the lord of the world; mahādyutiḥ — of great splendor; sarān — all; kāmān — pleasures, desires; parityajya — having renounced; vane — in the forest; vasati — dwells; rāghavaḥ — 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.