Chapter 8 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 8.5

भरतादेव रामस्य राज्यसाधारणाद्भयम्। तद्विचिन्त्य विषण्णास्मि भयं भीताद्वि जायते॥

bharatādeva rāmasya rājyasādhāraṇādbhayam| tadvicintya viṣaṇṇāsmi bhayaṃ bhītādvi jāyate||

English Meaning

From Bharata proceeds Rāma's fear concerning the kingdom to which both have an equal claim. Thinking of this, I am pressed down with sorrow, because fear proceeds from the person who fears much.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)