← 2.103.31 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 103: Bharata attempts a fast
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.103.32
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.
2.103.32
vṛto rājā hi kaikeyyā mayā tad vacanaṃ kṛtam
anṛtān mocayānena pitaraṃ taṃ mahīpatim
The king was solicited by Kaikeyī, and I have fulfilled that word of his; by this deed free our father, that lord of the earth, from untruth.
Words: vṛto — solicited, chosen; rājā — the king; hi — indeed; kaikeyyā — by Kaikeyī; mayā — by me; tad — that; vacanaṃ — word; kṛtam — fulfilled, done; anṛtān — from untruth; mocayānena — free (him) by this; pitaraṃ — the father; taṃ — that; mahīpatim — lord of the earth
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.