Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.12

राज्यं गतधनं साधो पीतमण्डां सुरामिव। निरास्वाद्यतमं शून्यं भरतो नाभिपत्स्यते॥

rājyaṃ gatadhanaṃ sādho pītamaṇḍāṃ surāmiva| nirāsvādyatamaṃ śūnyaṃ bharato nābhipatsyate||

English Meaning

O righteous one, like to a liquor whose lees alone have been left, Bharata will not receive the kingdom tasteless and denuded of all substance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)