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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.90.13

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

2.90.13

saṃpannaṃ rājyam icchaṃs tu vyaktaṃ prāpyābhiṣecanam
āvāṃ hantuṃ samabhyeti kaikeyyā bharataḥ sutaḥ

Clearly, wishing to secure the kingdom, having obtained the consecration, Bharata, Kaikeyī's son, comes to kill the two of us.

Words: saṃpannaṃ — secured, accomplished; rājyam — the kingdom; icchaṃs — wishing; tu — indeed; vyaktaṃ — clearly; prāpyābhiṣecanam — having obtained the consecration; āvāṃ — us two; hantuṃ — to kill; samabhyeti — approaches, comes; kaikeyyā — of Kaikeyī; bharataḥ — Bharata; sutaḥ — the son

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.