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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.78.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 78: Guha prepares to resist Bharata. Seeing the army, he readies five hundred armed boats to protect Rāma and approaches Bharata to learn his intentions

In the sequence: recognizing Bharata's banner, he fears an attack on his people or an attempt to kill Rāma

2.78.4

atha dāśarathiṃ rāmaṃ pitrā rājyād vivāsitam
bharataḥ kaikeyīputro hantuṃ samadhigacchati

Or else Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, is coming to kill Rāma, Daśaratha's son, banished from the kingdom by his father.

Words: atha — or, moreover; dāśarathiṃ — the son of Daśaratha; rāmaṃ — Rāma; pitrā — by his father; rājyād — from the kingdom; vivāsitam — banished, exiled; bharataḥ — Bharata; kaikeyīputro — son of Kaikeyī; hantuṃ — to kill; samadhigacchati — is coming, approaches

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.