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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 79: Guha accepts Bharata’s purpose. Bharata denies seeking Rāma’s death and asks the way to Bharadvāja, Guha offers guides and praises his refusal of the Kingdom

In the sequence: Bharata denies it: Rāma is his elder and like a father, and he has come only to bring him home

2.79.10

taṃ nivartayituṃ yāmi kākutsthaṃ vanavāsinam
buddhir anyā na te kāryā guha satyaṃ bravīmi te

I go to bring back Kākutstha, who dwells in the forest; you must form no other notion, Guha — I tell you the truth.

Words: taṃ — him; nivartayituṃ — to bring back; yāmi — I go; kākutsthaṃ — Kākutstha (Rāma); vanavāsinam — forest-dweller; buddhir anyā — another notion; na te kāryā — must not be formed by you; guha — O Guha; satyaṃ — the truth; bravīmi — I tell; te — to you

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.