Chapter 128 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 128

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 128.76

सर्वात्मना पर्यनुनीयमानो यदा न सौमित्रिरुपैति योगम्। नियुज्यमानो ततोऽभ्यषिञ्चद्भरतं महात्मा॥

sarvātmanā paryanunīyamāno yadā na saumitrirupaiti yogam| niyujyamāno tato'bhyaṣiñcadbharataṃ mahātmā||

English Meaning

When the son of Sumitrā did not accept the heir apparentship albeit solicited earnestly again and again, the high-souled (Rāma) conferred upon Bharata that dignity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)