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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.4.26

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Omens hasten the abhiṣeka. Daśaratha fixes the ceremony for the next day while Bharata is away, Rāma & Sītā must fast and sleep on darbha

In the sequence: he tells Rāma and Sītā to upavāsa, sleep on darbha grass, and have trusted friends guard them that night → he also wants to act while Bharata is away: although he trusts Bharata's character, he says that people's minds can change.

2.4.26

kāmaṃ khalu satāṃ vṛtte bhrātā te bharataḥ sthitaḥ
jyeṣṭhānuvartī dharmātmā sānukrośo jitendriyaḥ

To be sure, your brother Bharata stands firm in the conduct of the good — deferential to his elder, righteous, compassionate, master of his senses;

Words: kāmaṃ — to be sure, granted; khalu — indeed; satāṃ — of the good; vṛtte — in the conduct; bhrātā — the brother; te — your; bharataḥ — Bharata; sthitaḥ — standing, established; jyeṣṭhānuvartī — following/deferring to the elder; dharmātmā — righteous-souled; sānukrośo — compassionate; jitendriyaḥ — master of the senses

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.