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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.34

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: overcome before reaching his feet, he falls and can scarcely speak

2.93.34

candanena mahārheṇa yasyāṅgam upasevitam
malena tasyāṅgam idaṃ katham āryasya sevyate

He whose body was once anointed with costly sandal-paste — how is this body of that noble one now covered with grime?

Words: candanena — with sandal-paste; mahārheṇa — costly; yasyāṅgam — whose body; upasevitam — was anointed, attended; malena — with dirt, grime; tasyāṅgam — his body; idaṃ — this; katham — how; āryasya — of the noble one; sevyate — is served, covered

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.