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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.7
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: he then asks directly whether the army is intended against Rāma
2.79.7
kaccin na duṣṭo vrajasi rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ
iyaṃ te mahatī senā śaṅkāṃ janayatīva me
Surely you do not march with ill intent against Rāma of untiring deeds? This great army of yours rouses, as it were, a misgiving in me.
Words: kaccin — surely (not)?; na — not; duṣṭo — with evil intent; vrajasi — you go, march; rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ — against Rāma of untiring deeds; iyaṃ — this; te — your; mahatī — great; senā — army; śaṅkāṃ — misgiving, doubt; janayatīva — rouses, as it were; me — in me
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.