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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.97.14

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 places his head at Rāma's feet as a younger brother, pupil, and servant

2.97.14

evam uktvā mahābāhuḥ sabāṣpaḥ kekayīsutaḥ
rāmasya śirasā pādau jagrāha bharataḥ punaḥ

Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed Bharata, son of Kaikeyī, in tears, again clasped Rāma's feet with his head.

Words: evam uktvā — having spoken thus; mahābāhuḥ — the mighty-armed; sabāṣpaḥ — in tears; kekayīsutaḥ — son of Kaikeyī; rāmasya — of Rāma; śirasā — with his head; pādau — the two feet; jagrāha — grasped; bharataḥ — Bharata; punaḥ — again

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.