Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.81

प्रियं चेद् भरतस्यैतद् रामप्रव्राजनं भवेत्। मा स्म मे भरतः कार्षीत् प्रेतकृत्यं गतायुषः॥

priyaṃ ced bharatasyaitad rāmapravrājanaṃ bhavet| mā sma me bharataḥ kārṣīt pretakṛtyaṃ gatāyuṣaḥ||

English Meaning

If the banishment of Rāma, be agreeable to Bharata let him not, when I am dead, perform my funeral obsequies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)