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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.27

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

2.103.27

dharmātmā tasya tathyena bhrātur vākyena vismitaḥ
uvāca rāmaḥ saṃprekṣya paurajānapadaṃ janam

The righteous Rāma, amazed by the truthful word of his brother, gazing at the town and country folk, said:

Words: dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; tasya — his; tathyena — by the truthful; bhrātur — of the brother; vākyena — by the word; vismitaḥ — amazed; uvāca — said; rāmaḥ — Rāma; saṃprekṣya — gazing at; paurajānapadaṃ — town and country; janam — people

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.