Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.3

इदं त्विदानी सम्पश्य केनोपायेन साधये। भरतः प्राप्नुयाद् राज्यं न तु रामः कथंचन ॥

idaṃ tvidānī sampaśya kenopāyena sādhaye| bharataḥ prāpnuyād rājyaṃ na tu rāmaḥ kathaṃcana ||

English Meaning

Do you now see by what means I can effect this. Bharata must obtain the kingdom and never Rāma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)