Chapter 37 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 37.25

न ह्यदत्तां महीं पित्रा भरतः शास्तुमिच्छति। त्वयि वा पुत्रवद् वस्तुं यदि जातो महीपतेः॥

na hyadattāṃ mahīṃ pitrā bharataḥ śāstumicchati| tvayi vā putravad vastuṃ yadi jāto mahīpateḥ||

English Meaning

Bharata never wishes to govern a kingdom that has not been conferred upon him by his father; nor, if he has really been begotten by the monarch, will he any further act by you as a son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)