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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.75.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 75: Bharata refuses royal honours. He stops the morning music proclaiming him King, Vasiṣṭha calls the ministers, priests, commanders and guild representatives to assemble

In the sequence: he stops them, declaring that he is not the King → he tells Śatrughna that the Kingdom has been left without direction by Kaikeyī's actions and Daśaratha's death

2.75.4

tato prabuddho bharatas taṃ ghoṣaṃ saṃnivartya ca
nāhaṃ rājeti cāpy uktvā śatrughnam idam abravīt

Then Bharata, roused, had that clamor stopped, and saying 'I am no king,' spoke thus to Śatrughna:

Words: tato — then; prabuddho — roused, awakened; bharatas — Bharata; taṃ ghoṣaṃ — that clamor; saṃnivartya ca — and having caused to cease; nāhaṃ — 'I am not; rājeti — king,' thus; cāpy — and; uktvā — having said; śatrughnam — to Śatrughna; idam abravīt — spoke this

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.