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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.37

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

2.93.37

duḥkhābhitapto bharato rājaputro mahābalaḥ
uktvāryeti sakṛd dīnaṃ punar novāca kiṃ cana

Tormented by grief, Bharata, the mighty prince, having piteously cried out but once “Noble one!”, could say nothing further.

Words: duḥkhābhitapto — tormented by grief; bharato — Bharata; rājaputro — the prince; mahābalaḥ — the mighty one; uktvāryeti — having said 'Noble one!'; sakṛd — once; dīnaṃ — piteously; punar — again; novāca — did not speak; kiṃ cana — anything at all

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.