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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.28

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: Rāma refuses that substitution as an evasion of the actual promise → he affirms Bharata's integrity and says he will accept rule after completing the exile.

2.103.28

vikrītam āhitaṃ krītaṃ yat pitrā jīvatā mama
na tal lopayituṃ śakyaṃ mayā vā bharatena vā

Whatever was sold, pledged, or bought by my father while he lived — that can be annulled neither by me nor by Bharata.

Words: vikrītam — sold; āhitaṃ — pledged, mortgaged; krītaṃ — bought; yat — what; pitrā — by the father; jīvatā — while living; mama — my; na — not; tal — that; lopayituṃ — to annul; śakyaṃ — possible; mayā — by me; vā — or; bharatena — by Bharata; vā — or

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.