Chapter 91 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 91

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 91.6

भरतः प्रत्युवाचेदं प्राञ्जलिस्तं तपोधनम्। न सैन्येनोपयातोऽस्मि भगवन् भगवद्भयात्॥

bharataḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prāñjalistaṃ tapodhanam| na sainyenopayāto'smi bhagavan bhagavadbhayāt||

English Meaning

Bharata replied to him, saying, “I had not come accompanied with my forces, from fear of you, O reverend Sir.”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)