Valmiki Ramayana 2.94.2

2.94.2

kva nu te 'bhūt pitā tāta yad araṇyaṃ tvam āgataḥ
na hi tvaṃ jīvatas tasya vanam āgantum arhasi

Then Rama gazed, and scarcely knew
Bharat so worn and changed in hue.
He raised him, kissed him on the head,
Embraced him, and thus kindly said;
'Where was thy father, brother dear,
That thou art come to seek me here?
Unmeet, if he be living yet,
Thy feet within the wood to set.
I pray thee now the cause declare
Why thou hast left the kingdom there,
With matted locks and deerskin dress
To roam the distant wilderness.'