Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.94

मया च रामेण सलक्ष्मणेन प्रशास्तु हीनो भरतस्त्वया सह। पुरं च राष्ट्रं च निहत्य बान्धवान् ममाहितानां च भवाभिभाषिणी॥

mayā ca rāmeṇa salakṣmaṇena praśāstu hīno bharatastvayā saha| puraṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca nihatya bāndhavān mamāhitānāṃ ca bhavābhibhāṣiṇī||

English Meaning

Now dissevered from me, and Rāma together with Lakşmaņa, let Bharata govern the city and the kingdom along with you. Destroying your relatives, do you enhance the joy of my enemies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)