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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.90.11

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: recognizing Bharata's banner, he assumes Bharata has come to kill them after securing the throne

2.90.11

taṃ rāmaḥ puruṣavyāghro lakṣmaṇaṃ pratyuvāca ha
aṅgāvekṣasva saumitre kasyaitāṃ manyase camūm

To him Rāma, tiger among men, replied: “Just consider, Saumitri — whose army do you take this to be?”

Words: taṃ — to him; rāmaḥ — Rāma; puruṣavyāghro — tiger among men; lakṣmaṇaṃ — Lakṣmaṇa; pratyuvāca ha — replied; aṅgāvekṣasva — just look, consider; saumitre — O Saumitri; kasyaitāṃ — whose this; manyase — do you think; camūm — army

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.