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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.91.2

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 91: Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa. He rejects suspicion of Bharata and shames his brother’s anger, Bharata spreads the camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage

In the sequence: Rāma tells Lakṣmaṇa that weapons are unnecessary: Bharata would not wish them harm

2.91.2

kim atra dhanuṣā kāryam asinā vā sacarmaṇā
maheṣvāse mahāprājñe bharate svayam āgate

“What need is there here of a bow, or of a sword with its shield, when the great archer, the deeply wise Bharata, has come in person?

Words: kim atra — what here; dhanuṣā — with a bow; kāryam — need, business; asinā vā — or with a sword; sacarmaṇā — with a shield; maheṣvāse — when the great archer; mahāprājñe — the deeply wise; bharate — Bharata (being come); svayam āgate — having come in person

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.