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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.3

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 goes ahead, asking Vasiṣṭha to bring the mothers; Śatrughna and Sumantra also approach

2.93.3

sumantras tv api śatughnam adūrād anvapadyata
rāmadārśanajas tarṣo bharatasyeva tasya ca

And Sumantra too followed Śatrughna from not far off, for the longing born of the sight of Rāma was his as it was Bharata's.

Words: sumantras — Sumantra; tv api — but also; śatughnam — Śatrughna; adūrād — from not far off; anvapadyata — followed; rāmadārśanajas — born of the sight of Rāma; tarṣo — longing, thirst; bharatasyeva — as Bharata's; tasya — his; ca — and, too

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.