
Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 97, Verse 18
Ramayana 2.97.18
उच्यमानोऽपि भरतो मया लक्ष्मण तद्वचः।राज्यमस्मै प्रयच्छेति बाढमित्येव वक्ष्यति।।।।
ucyamāno 'pi bharato mayā lakṣmaṇa tad-vacaḥ | rājyam asmai prayaccheti bāḍham ity eva vakṣyati ||
O Lakshmana, even if I were to say to Bharata, “Hand the kingdom over to him,” Bharata would surely reply, “So be it.”