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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.31
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.
2.103.31
anena dharmaśīlena vanāt pratyāgataḥ punaḥ
bhrātrā saha bhaviṣyāmi pṛthivyāḥ patir uttamaḥ
Returned again from the forest, together with this righteous-natured brother, I shall become the supreme lord of the earth.
Words: anena — with this; dharmaśīlena — righteous-natured; vanāt — from the forest; pratyāgataḥ — returned; punaḥ — again; bhrātrā — with the brother; saha — together; bhaviṣyāmi — I shall become; pṛthivyāḥ — of the earth; patir — lord; uttamaḥ — supreme
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.