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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.30

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.

2.103.30

jānāmi bharataṃ kṣāntaṃ gurusatkārakāriṇam
sarvam evātra kalyāṇaṃ satyasaṃdhe mahātmani

I know Bharata to be forbearing, a doer of honor to his elders; everything in this great-souled one, true to his word, is wholly auspicious.

Words: jānāmi — I know; bharataṃ — Bharata; kṣāntaṃ — forbearing; gurusatkārakāriṇam — doer of honor to elders; sarvam — everything; evātra — indeed here; kalyāṇaṃ — auspicious; satyasaṃdhe — in (him) true to his word; mahātmani — in the great-souled

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.