Valmiki Ramayana 2.93.7: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 93, Shloka 7
चित्रकूटमार्गवर्णनम् · Bharata’s Army Reaches Chitrakuta and Searches for Rama
यादृशं लक्ष्यते रूपं यथा चैव श्रुतं मया ।
व्यक्तं प्राप्ताः स्म तं देशं भरद्वाजो यमब्रवीत् ॥७॥
yādṛśaṃ lakṣyate rūpaṃ yathā caiva śrutaṃ mayā |
vyaktaṃ prāptāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ bharadvājo yam abravīt ||7||
جیسا روپ یہاں دکھائی دیتا ہے اور جیسا میں نے سنا تھا، اس سے صاف ظاہر ہے کہ ہم اسی دیس میں پہنچ گئے ہیں جس کا بھردواج نے ذکر کیا تھا۔
Looking at these surroundings and from what I had heard, it is clear that we have reached the region indicated by Bharadwaja.
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Satya as intellectual honesty: Bharata aligns observation with reliable testimony (what he heard from Bharadvāja), modeling careful, truth-oriented judgment.
Bharata identifies the landscape as the very area previously described by sage Bharadvāja, confirming they are near their destination.
Pramāṇa-buddhi (sound discernment): he uses both direct perception and trustworthy report to conclude correctly.
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