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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.90.18

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 argues that killing the supposed aggressor would be justified

2.90.18

yannimittaṃ bhavān rājyāc cyuto rāghava śāśvatīm
saṃprāpto 'yam arir vīra bharato vadhya eva me

He on whose account you, Rāghava, have fallen from the everlasting kingship — this enemy Bharata has come, O hero; he is surely to be slain by me.

Words: yannimittaṃ — on whose account; bhavān — your honor; rājyāc — from the kingdom; cyuto — fallen; rāghava — O Rāghava; śāśvatīm — the everlasting (royal fortune); saṃprāpto 'yam — this one has arrived; arir — the enemy; vīra — O hero; bharato — Bharata; vadhya eva me — is surely to be slain by me

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.