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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.16

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

2.93.16

iti lokasamākruṣṭaḥ pādeṣv adya prasādayan
rāmasya nipatiṣyāmi sītāyāś ca punaḥ punaḥ

So reviled by the world, seeking to appease him, today I shall fall again and again at the feet of Rāma and of Sītā.

Words: iti — thus; lokasamākruṣṭaḥ — reviled by the world; pādeṣv — at the feet; adya — today; prasādayan — appeasing, conciliating; rāmasya — of Rāma; nipatiṣyāmi — I shall fall down; sītāyāś — of Sītā; ca — and; punaḥ punaḥ — again and again

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.