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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.76.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 76: Bharata’s declaration to the assembly. He rejects the throne offered by Vasiṣṭha, declares Rāma the rightful ruler and orders Sumantra to prepare the expedition

In the sequence: he publicly rejects his mother's scheme and identifies Rāma alone as the rightful ruler

2.76.13

anāryajuṣṭam asvargyaṃ kuryāṃ pāpam ahaṃ yadi
ikṣvākūṇām ahaṃ loke bhaveyaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ

If I were to commit this sin — resorted to only by the ignoble and barring one from heaven — I would become in the world a disgrace to the Ikṣvākus.

Words: anāryajuṣṭam — resorted to by the ignoble; asvargyaṃ — not conducive to heaven; kuryāṃ — I were to do; pāpam — the sin; ahaṃ — I; yadi — if; ikṣvākūṇām — of the Ikṣvākus; ahaṃ — I; loke — in the world; bhaveyaṃ — would become; kulapāṃsanaḥ — a disgrace to the family

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.