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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.90.22

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: his anger grows into threats against Bharata, Kaikeyī, and the army.

2.90.22

adyemaṃ saṃyataṃ krodham asatkāraṃ ca mānada
mokṣyāmi śatrusainyeṣu kakṣeṣv iva hutāśanam

Today, O giver of honor, I shall loose this pent-up anger and (avenge) the insult upon the enemy hosts, as fire set loose in dry brushwood.

Words: adyemaṃ — today this; saṃyataṃ — restrained, pent-up; krodham — anger; asatkāraṃ ca — and the insult, dishonor; mānada — O giver of honor; mokṣyāmi — I shall release, loose; śatrusainyeṣu — upon the enemy armies; kakṣeṣv iva — as in dry brushwood; hutāśanam — fire

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.