Valmiki Ramayana 2.19.7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19, Shloka 7
एकोनविंशः सर्गः (Sarga 19): Rāma’s Unshaken Acceptance of Exile and Kaikeyī’s Urgency
अहं हि सीतां राज्यं च प्राणानिष्टान्धनानि च।हृष्टो भ्रात्रे स्वयं दद्यां भरतायाप्रचोदितः।।2.19.7।।
ahaṃ hi sītāṃ rājyaṃ ca prāṇān iṣṭān dhanāni ca | hṛṣṭo bhrātre svayaṃ dadyāṃ bharatāyāpracoditaḥ || 2.19.7 ||
मी तर कुणी न सांगताही आनंदाने भरताला—भ्रातृहिताासाठी—राज्य, धन, प्रिय प्राण, इतकेच नव्हे तर सीताही स्वतः देऊन टाकलो असतो।
Unurged, I would have gladly given to Bharata the kingdom, wealth, my mostcoveted life, and even Sita.
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Dharma is renunciation and brotherly goodwill: Rāma places harmony and duty above personal possession and privilege.
Rāma reassures his mother that he has no attachment to the throne and would willingly yield everything to Bharata.
Generosity and detachment (tyāga and vairāgya): he frames kingship as a trust, not a personal prize.
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