Chapter 115 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 115

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 115.23

दुपायनं चोपहृतं महार्हम्। स पादुकाभ्यां प्रथमं निवेद्य चकार पश्चाद्भरतो यथावत्॥

dupāyanaṃ copahṛtaṃ mahārham| sa pādukābhyāṃ prathamaṃ nivedya cakāra paścādbharato yathāvat||

English Meaning

And the graceful Bharata, Having installed the sandals of the noble one, always carried on the government in subordinations to them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)