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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.28

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: Bharata runs toward him, contrasting the tapasvin's appearance with the royal life he should have had

2.93.28

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bharataḥ śrīmān duḥkhamohapariplutaḥ
abhyadhāvata dharmātmā bharataḥ kaikayīsutaḥ

Seeing him, the glorious, righteous Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, overwhelmed with grief and bewilderment, ran forward.

Words: taṃ — him; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; bharataḥ — Bharata; śrīmān — glorious; duḥkhamohapariplutaḥ — overwhelmed by grief and bewilderment; abhyadhāvata — ran toward; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; bharataḥ — Bharata; kaikayīsutaḥ — son of Kaikeyī

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.