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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.22

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: he sees the shelter's leaf roof, grass floor, bows, quivers, swords, shields, and finger-guards

2.93.22

godhāṅgulitrair āsāktaiś citraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣitaiḥ
arisaṃghair anādhṛṣyāṃ mṛgaiḥ siṃhaguhām iva

With bright leather finger-guards hung up, decked with gold; unassailable by hosts of foes, as a lion's cave is unassailable by [lesser] beasts.

Words: godhāṅgulitrair — with leather finger-guards; āsāktaiś — hung up; citraiḥ — bright, variegated; kāñcanabhūṣitaiḥ — decked with gold; arisaṃghair — by hosts of foes; anādhṛṣyāṃ — unassailable; mṛgaiḥ — by beasts; siṃhaguhām — a lion's cave; iva — like

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.