Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.27

बाल एव तु मातुल्यं भरतो नायितस्त्वया। संनिकर्षाच्च सौहार्द जायते स्थावरेष्विव॥

bāla eva tu mātulyaṃ bharato nāyitastvayā| saṃnikarṣācca sauhārda jāyate sthāvareṣviva||

English Meaning

Bharata is a mere boy, and by you it is that he has been sent to his maternal uncle's mansion. Even in immobile objects attachment grows by virtue of nearness.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)