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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.14

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 103: Bharata attempts a fast. He spreads grass and refuses to leave, then offers to serve the exile himself, Rāma rejects substitution and promises to rule after fourteen years

In the sequence: Bharata asks Sumantra to spread grass so he can fast outside the hut until Rāma relents → when Sumantra looks to Rāma instead, Bharata spreads it himself

2.103.14

anāhāro nirāloko dhanahīno yathā dvijaḥ
śeṣye purastāc chālāyā yāvan na pratiyāsyati

Without food, seeing no one, like a penniless brahmin, I shall lie before his hut until he consents to return.

Words: anāhāro — without food; nirāloko — seeing no one, secluded; dhanahīno — destitute of wealth; yathā — like; dvijaḥ — a brahmin; śeṣye — I shall lie; purastāc — in front of; chālāyā — of the hut; yāvan — until; na — not; pratiyāsyati — he will turn back, return

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.