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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: he tells Rāma and Sītā to upavāsa, sleep on darbha grass, and have trusted friends guard them that night → he also wants to act while Bharata is away: although he trusts Bharata's character, he says that people's minds can change.

2.4.24

suhṛdaś cāpramattās tvāṃ rakṣantv adya samantataḥ
bhavanti bahuvighnāni kāryāṇy evaṃvidhāni hi

And let your well-wishers, vigilant, guard you today on every side; for undertakings of this kind are beset with many obstacles.

Words: suhṛdaś — the well-wishers, friends; cāpramattās — and vigilant, heedful; tvāṃ — you; rakṣantv — let (them) guard; adya — today; samantataḥ — on every side, all around; bhavanti — become, are; bahuvighnāni — with many obstacles; kāryāṇy — undertakings, tasks; evaṃvidhāni — of such a kind; hi — for, indeed

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.