Chapter 7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 7.21

अपवाह्य तु दुष्टात्मा भरतं तव बन्धुषु। काल्ये स्थापयिता रामं राज्ये निहतकण्टके॥

apavāhya tu duṣṭātmā bharataṃ tava bandhuṣu| kālye sthāpayitā rāmaṃ rājye nihatakaṇṭake||

English Meaning

Having sent Bharata to the home of your relatives, that wicked-minded one will establish Rāma in his ancestral kingdom rid of its thorn.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)