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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.24

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 its fire altar, and inside sits Rāma with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, wearing bark, deerskin, and matted hair

2.93.24

nirīkṣya sa muhūrtaṃ tu dadarśa bharato gurum
uṭaje rāmam āsīnāṃ jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam

After gazing a while, Bharata beheld his venerable elder, Rāma, seated in the hut, wearing a great mass of matted locks.

Words: nirīkṣya — having gazed; sa — he; muhūrtaṃ — a while; tu — but; dadarśa — saw; bharato — Bharata; gurum — the venerable one, elder; uṭaje — in the hut; rāmam — Rāma; āsīnāṃ — seated; jaṭāmaṇḍaladhāriṇam — wearing a mass of matted locks

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.