Chapter 102 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 102

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 102.1

रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा भरतः प्रत्युवाच ह। किं मे धर्माद् विहीनस्य राजधर्मः करिष्यति॥

rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha| kiṃ me dharmād vihīnasya rājadharmaḥ kariṣyati||

English Meaning

Hearing Rāma's words, Bharata answered, Deprived of the kingdom in consequence of my posteriority in point of birth, what does regard for morality avail me?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)