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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.79.9
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
2.79.9
mā bhūt sa kālo yat kaṣṭaṃ na māṃ śaṅkitum arhasi
rāghavaḥ sa hi me bhrātā jyeṣṭhaḥ pitṛsamo mama
May that dreadful time never come; you ought not to suspect me. For that Rāghava is my elder brother, like a father to me.
Words: mā bhūt — let it never be; sa kālo — that (evil) time; yat — which (would be); kaṣṭaṃ — calamitous, grievous; na — not; māṃ — me; śaṅkitum — to suspect; arhasi — you ought; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; sa hi — he indeed; me — my; bhrātā — brother; jyeṣṭhaḥ — eldest; pitṛsamo — like a father; mama — to 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.