Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 54: Rāmacandra Meets Bharadvāja Ṛṣi
Text 2.54.5
प्रयागमभितः पश्य सौमित्रे धूममुन्नतम्।
अग्नेर्भगवतः केतुं मन्ये संनिहितो मुनिः॥
prayāgam abhitaḥ paśya saumitre dhūmam unnatam
agner bhagavataḥ ketuṁ manye sannihito muniḥ
prayāgam = Prayāga; abhitaḥ = near; paśya = look at; saumitre = Lakṣmaṇa; dhūmam = of smoke; unnatam = that tall trail; agneḥ = fire; bhagavataḥ = of the sacred; ketum = a sign; manye = I think; sannihitaḥ = is nearby; muniḥ = a sage.
Lakṣmaṇa, look at that tall trail of smoke, a sign of the sacred fire, near Prayāga! I think a sage is nearby.
Like a flag, the smoke was a sign of the sacred fire.