← 2.93.40 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 93: Bharata finds Rāma
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.41
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.
2.93.41
tān pārthivān vāraṇayūthapābhān samāgatāṃs tatra mahaty araṇye
vanaukasas te 'pi samīkṣya sarve 'py aśrūṇy amuñcan pravihāya harṣam
vanaukasas te 'pi samīkṣya sarve 'py
aśrūṇy amuñcan pravihāya harṣam
Beholding those princes, who looked like lordly leaders of elephant herds, gathered together there in the great forest, even all those forest-dwellers gave up their joy and shed tears.
Words: tān — those; pārthivān — princes, kings; vāraṇayūthapābhān — looking like lords of elephant herds; samāgatāṃs — gathered together; tatra — there; mahaty — great; araṇye — in the forest; vanaukasas — the forest-dwellers; te — they; 'pi — even; samīkṣya — beholding; sarve — all; 'py — even; aśrūṇy — tears; amuñcan — shed, let fall; pravihāya — having cast off; harṣam — joy
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.