Chapter 111 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 111.16

आसीनस्त्वेव भरतः पौरजानपदं जनम्। उवाच सर्वतः प्रेक्ष्य किमार्य नानुशासथ॥

āsīnastveva bharataḥ paurajānapadaṃ janam| uvāca sarvataḥ prekṣya kimārya nānuśāsatha||

English Meaning

Being seated, Bharata, eyeing the citizens and the inhabitants of the provinces, remarked, What for do you not solicit the noble one?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)