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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.40

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.

2.93.40

tataḥ sumantreṇa guhena caiva samīyatū rājasutāv araṇye
divākaraś caiva niśākaraś ca yathāmbare śukrabṛhaspatibhyām
divākaraś caiva niśākaraś ca
yathāmbare śukrabṛhaspatibhyām

Then the two princes met in the forest, together with Sumantra and with Guha, as the sun and the moon [come together] in the sky with Venus and Jupiter.

Words: tataḥ — then; sumantreṇa — with Sumantra; guhena — with Guha; caiva — and; samīyatū — the two met; rājasutāv — the two princes; araṇye — in the forest; divākaraś — the sun; caiva — and; niśākaraś — the moon; ca — and; yathāmbare — as in the sky; śukrabṛhaspatibhyām — with Venus and Jupiter

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.