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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.90.10
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 90: Lakṣmaṇa suspects Bharata’s army. He recognizes the banner, assumes an attack and urges Rāma to extinguish the fire, hide Sītā and prepare to fight
In the sequence: Lakṣmaṇa climbs a tree and sees the army to the north → he tells Rāma to put out the fire, hide Sītā in a cave, and prepare his weapons
2.90.10
agniṃ saṃśamayatv āryaḥ sītā ca bhajatāṃ guhām
sajyaṃ kuruṣva cāpaṃ ca śarāṃś ca kavacaṃ tathā
“Let the noble one put out the fire, and let Sītā take to a cave; string your bow, and make ready your arrows and your armor.
Words: agniṃ — the fire; saṃśamayatv — let (him) extinguish; āryaḥ — the noble one (Rāma); sītā ca — and Sītā; bhajatāṃ — let (her) resort to; guhām — a cave; sajyaṃ kuruṣva — make (it) strung, ready; cāpaṃ ca — and the bow; śarāṃś ca — and the arrows; kavacaṃ tathā — and likewise the armor
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.