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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.8

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: strips of bark hung along the route appear to be Lakṣmaṇa's markers, and smoke confirms that the dwelling is occupied

2.93.8

manye prāptāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ bharadvājo yam abravīt
nātidūre hi manye 'haṃ nadīṃ mandākinīm itaḥ

I think we have reached that region of which Bharadvāja spoke; for I think the river Mandākinī is not far from here.

Words: manye — I think; prāptāḥ sma — we have reached; taṃ deśaṃ — that region; bharadvājo — Bharadvāja; yam — which; abravīt — spoke of; nātidūre — not too far; hi — for; manye — I think; 'haṃ — I; nadīṃ — the river; mandākinīm — Mandākinī; itaḥ — from here

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.