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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.91.7
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 91: Rāma restrains Lakṣmaṇa. He rejects suspicion of Bharata and shames his brother’s anger, Bharata spreads the camp around the mountain to avoid crowding the hermitage
In the sequence: if Lakṣmaṇa's concern is the Kingdom, Rāma says, Bharata would give it to him at his request
2.91.7
yadi rājyasya hetos tvam imāṃ vācaṃ prabhāṣase
vakṣyāmi bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā rājyam asmai pradīyatām
If for the sake of the kingdom you speak these words, then, on seeing Bharata, I shall say: ‘Let the kingdom be given to him.’
Words: yadi — if; rājyasya hetos — for the sake of the kingdom; tvam — you; imāṃ vācaṃ — these words; prabhāṣase — you speak; vakṣyāmi — I shall say; bharataṃ dṛṣṭvā — having seen Bharata; rājyam asmai — the kingdom to him; pradīyatām — let it be given
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.