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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.39

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: Śatrughna also bows weeping → Rāma embraces both brothers, and the reunion moves everyone present to tears.

2.93.39

śatrughnaś cāpi rāmasya vavande caraṇau rudan
tāv ubhau sa samāliṅgya rāmo 'py aśrūṇy avartayat

Śatrughna too, weeping, bowed to Rāma's feet; and Rāma, embracing them both, likewise let his tears flow.

Words: śatrughnaś — Śatrughna; cāpi — and also; rāmasya — of Rāma; vavande — bowed to, saluted; caraṇau — the two feet; rudan — weeping; tāv ubhau — those two both; sa — he; samāliṅgya — having embraced; rāmo — Rāma; 'py — also; aśrūṇy — tears; avartayat — let flow, shed

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.