Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.17

यथा वै भरतो मान्यस्तथा भूयोऽपि राघवः। कौसल्यातोऽतिरिक्तं च मम शुश्रूषते बहु ॥

yathā vai bharato mānyastathā bhūyo'pi rāghavaḥ| kausalyāto'tiriktaṃ ca mama śuśrūṣate bahu ||

English Meaning

Surely Rāma is dearer to me than Bharata; and he also loves me more tian he does Kausalyā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)