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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.8
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister
In the sequence: Bharata explains that he kept the army away so its men and animals would not damage the hermitage's trees, water, ground, and huts → at Bharadvāja's request, he brings it forward
2.85.8
te vṛkṣān udakaṃ bhūmim āśrameṣūṭajāṃs tathā
na hiṃsyur iti tenāham eka evāgatas tataḥ
Lest they harm the trees, the water, the ground, and the leaf-huts in the hermitages, I have therefore come here alone.
Words: te — they; vṛkṣān — the trees; udakaṃ — the water; bhūmim — the ground; āśrameṣūṭajāṃs — and the leaf-huts in the hermitages; tathā — and, likewise; na hiṃsyur — lest they harm; iti — thus; tenāham — therefore I; eka evāgatas — have come alone; tataḥ — therefore, then
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.