Chapter 26 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 26.21

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वस्तव्यं दण्डके मया। पित्रा मे भरतश्चापि यौवराज्ये नियोजितः॥

caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vastavyaṃ daṇḍake mayā| pitrā me bharataścāpi yauvarājye niyojitaḥ||

English Meaning

I shall live in the forest of Dandaka for fourteen years and Bharata shall be installed by my father as the heir apparent of the throne.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)