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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.5

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: he notices a leaf hut, gathered flowers, firewood, and fuel stored against the cold

2.93.5

śālāyās tv agratas tasyā dadarśa bharatas tadā
kāṣṭāni cāvabhagnāni puṣpāṇy avacitāni ca

In front of that hut Bharata then saw pieces of firewood that had been broken and flowers that had been gathered.

Words: śālāyās — of the hut; tv agratas — but in front; tasyā — of that; dadarśa — saw; bharatas — Bharata; tadā — then; kāṣṭāni — pieces of wood; cāvabhagnāni — and broken; puṣpāṇy — flowers; avacitāni — gathered, plucked; ca — and

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.