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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.90.25

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.

2.90.25

śarāṇāṃ dhanuṣaś cāham anṛṇo 'smi mahāvane
sasainyaṃ bharataṃ hatvā bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ

By slaying Bharata together with his army in this great forest, I shall, beyond doubt, become free of my debt to my arrows and my bow.

Words: śarāṇāṃ — to the arrows; dhanuṣaś — and to the bow; cāham — and I; anṛṇo 'smi — I am free of debt; mahāvane — in the great forest; sasainyaṃ — together with his army; bharataṃ — Bharata; hatvā — having slain; bhaviṣyāmi — I shall become; na saṃśayaḥ — (there is) no doubt

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.