Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.25

भरतः पालयेद् राज्यं शुश्रूषेच्च पितुर्यथा। तथा भवत्या कर्तव्यं स हि धर्मः सनातनः॥

bharataḥ pālayed rājyaṃ śuśrūṣecca pituryathā| tathā bhavatyā kartavyaṃ sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ||

English Meaning

If behoves you to do that by which Bharata may govern the kingdom and tend our father, for this is the virtue eternal.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)