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)