Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.14

अथ जिज्ञाससे मां त्वं भरतस्य प्रियाप्रिये। आस्तु यत्तत्त्वया पूर्वं व्याहृतं राघवं प्रति॥

atha jijñāsase māṃ tvaṃ bharatasya priyāpriye| āstu yattattvayā pūrvaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ rāghavaṃ prati||

English Meaning

You (often) asked me whether I love Bharata or not. Be that which you had formerly told me in favour of that descendant of Raghu.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)