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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.29
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.
2.103.29
upadhir na mayā kāryo vanavāse jugupsitaḥ
yuktam uktaṃ ca kaikeyyā pitrā me sukṛtaṃ kṛtam
No blameworthy evasion is to be practiced by me in this forest-dwelling; what Kaikeyī said was fitting, and my father did well.
Words: upadhir — evasion, fraud; na — not; mayā — by me; kāryo — to be done; vanavāse — in the forest-dwelling; jugupsitaḥ — blameworthy; yuktam — fitting, proper; uktaṃ — said; ca — and; kaikeyyā — by Kaikeyī; pitrā — by the father; me — my; sukṛtaṃ — a good deed; kṛtam — done
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.