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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.31

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

2.93.31

vāsobhir bahusāhasrair yo mahātmā purocitaḥ
mṛgājine so 'yam iha pravaste dharmam ācaran

That great soul who was once used to garments by the many thousands now clothes himself here in a deerskin, practicing dharma.

Words: vāsobhir — with garments; bahusāhasrair — by the many thousands; yo — who; mahātmā — great soul; purocitaḥ — formerly accustomed; mṛgājine — in a deerskin; so — that; 'yam — this; iha — here; pravaste — clothes himself, dwells; dharmam — dharma; ācaran — practicing

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.