Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.18

राज्यं यदि हि रामस्य भरतस्यापि तत्तदा। मन्यते हि यथात्मानं तथा भ्रातृ॑स्तु राघवः॥

rājyaṃ yadi hi rāmasya bharatasyāpi tattadā| manyate hi yathātmānaṃ tathā bhrātṛ̭stu rāghavaḥ||

English Meaning

And if the Kingdom be Rāma's it will be also Bharata's at the same time. Rāma regards his brothers even as his own self.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)