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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.26

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

2.93.26

siṃhaskandhaṃ mahābāhuṃ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇam
pṛthivyāḥ sagarāntāyā bhartāraṃ dharmacāriṇam

Lion-shouldered, mighty-armed, with eyes like white lotuses, the righteous lord of the earth bounded by the sea, a follower of dharma.

Words: siṃhaskandhaṃ — lion-shouldered; mahābāhuṃ — mighty-armed; puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇam — with eyes like white lotuses; pṛthivyāḥ — of the earth; sagarāntāyā — bounded by the ocean; bhartāraṃ — the lord, supporter; dharmacāriṇam — a follower of dharma

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.