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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.32

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

2.93.32

adhārayad yo vividhāś citrāḥ sumanasas tadā
so 'yaṃ jaṭābhāram imaṃ sahate rāghavaḥ katham

He who once used to wear garlands of many kinds of bright flowers — how does that same Rāghava now endure this weight of matted hair?

Words: adhārayad — used to wear; yo — who; vividhāś — of many kinds; citrāḥ — bright, variegated; sumanasas — flowers; tadā — then; so — that; 'yaṃ — this; jaṭābhāram — the burden of matted hair; imaṃ — this; sahate — bears, endures; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; katham — how

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.