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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.30

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

2.93.30

yaḥ saṃsadi prakṛtibhir bhaved yukta upāsitum
vanyair mṛgair upāsīnaḥ so 'yam āste mamāgrajaḥ

He who was fit to be waited upon by his subjects in the assembly — that same elder brother of mine now sits attended by wild beasts.

Words: yaḥ — who; saṃsadi — in the assembly; prakṛtibhir — by (his) subjects; bhaved — would be; yukta — fit; upāsitum — to be waited upon; vanyair — wild; mṛgair — by beasts; upāsīnaḥ — attended, sat beside; so — that; 'yam — this; āste — sits; mamāgrajaḥ — my elder brother

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.