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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.90.15

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: he urges taking a defensible position and attacking

2.90.15

bhajanty ete yathākāmam aśvān āruhya śīghragān
ete bhrājanti saṃhṛṣṭā jagān āruhya sādinaḥ

These men, mounting swift horses, range about at will; these gladdened riders shine as they mount their steeds.

Words: bhajanty — move about, range; ete — these; yathākāmam — at will; aśvān — horses; āruhya — having mounted; śīghragān — swift-going; ete — these; bhrājanti — shine, gleam; saṃhṛṣṭā — gladdened, thrilled; jagān — their mounts (steeds); āruhya — having mounted; sādinaḥ — the riders, horsemen

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.