Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.33

एवं ते ज्ञातिपक्षस्य श्रेयश्चैव भविष्यति। यदि चेद्भरतो धर्मात्पित्र्यं राज्यमवाप्स्यति॥

evaṃ te jñātipakṣasya śreyaścaiva bhaviṣyati| yadi cedbharato dharmātpitryaṃ rājyamavāpsyati||

English Meaning

But if Bharata can get at his ancestral kingdom by just means, that would also be welcome to your kindred.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)