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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.27
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
2.93.27
upaviṣṭaṃ mahābāhuṃ brahmāṇam iva śāśvatam
sthaṇḍile darbhasasmtīrṇe sītayā lakṣmaṇena ca
The mighty-armed one seated like the eternal Brahmā upon a patch of ground strewn with darbha grass, together with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa.
Words: upaviṣṭaṃ — seated; mahābāhuṃ — the mighty-armed one; brahmāṇam — Brahmā; iva — like; śāśvatam — eternal; sthaṇḍile — on the bare ground; darbhasasmtīrṇe — strewn with darbha grass; sītayā — with Sītā; lakṣmaṇena — with Lakṣmaṇa; ca — and
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.