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)