Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.21

भविता राघवो राजा राघवस्य च यः सुतः। राजवंशात्तु भरतः कैकेयि परिहास्यते॥

bhavitā rāghavo rājā rāghavasya ca yaḥ sutaḥ| rājavaṃśāttu bharataḥ kaikeyi parihāsyate||

English Meaning

Rāghava will become king; and after Raghava his son; so that, O Kaikeyi, Bharata will come to be at once cut off from the royal line.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)