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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.25

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: he publicly repeats that he never asked for the Kingdom or directed his mother's action, and offers to serve the fourteen years himself

2.103.25

na yāce pitaraṃ rājyaṃ nānuśāsāmi mātaram
āryaṃ paramadharmajñam abhijānāmi rāghavam

I did not beg the kingdom of my father, nor did I direct my mother; I acknowledge the noble Rāghava, supreme knower of dharma.

Words: na — not; yāce — I ask, begged; pitaraṃ — of the father; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; nānuśāsāmi — nor do I direct; mātaram — the mother; āryaṃ — the noble; paramadharmajñam — supreme knower of dharma; abhijānāmi — I acknowledge; rāghavam — Rāghava

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.