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)