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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.76.15

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

2.76.15

rāmam evānugacchāmi sa rājā dvipadāṃ varaḥ
trayāṇām api lokānāṃ rāghavo rājyam arhati

It is Rāma alone whom I will follow; he is the king, the best of men; Rāghava deserves the kingship even of the three worlds.

Words: rāmam — Rāma; evānugacchāmi — alone I follow; sa — he; rājā — (is) the king; dvipadāṃ — of men (bipeds); varaḥ — the best; trayāṇām api — even of the three; lokānāṃ — of the worlds; rāghavo — Rāghava; rājyam — the kingship; arhati — deserves

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.