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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.97.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 97: Bharata offers Rāma the Kingdom. Rāma absolves him of blame but insists that both brothers honour their father’s division between Kingdom and forest

In the sequence: he asks Rāma to accept his hereditary Kingdom for the sake of the people, the widowed Queens, and his brother

2.97.10

tadānupūrvyā yuktaṃ ca yuktaṃ cātmani mānada
rājyaṃ prāpnuhi dharmeṇa sakāmān suhṛdaḥ kuru

Therefore, O bestower of honour, obtain by dharma the kingdom, which is fitting by succession and fitting for yourself, and make your friends' wishes fulfilled.

Words: tadānupūrvyā — therefore by succession; yuktaṃ ca — and fitting; yuktaṃ cātmani — and fitting for yourself; mānada — O bestower of honour; rājyaṃ — the kingdom; prāpnuhi — obtain; dharmeṇa — by dharma, righteously; sakāmān — (having their) desires fulfilled; suhṛdaḥ — friends; kuru — make

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.