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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.97.22

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: in his view, Daśaratha assigned Bharata Ayodhyā and himself the forest, and each must now fulfill that assignment → he values keeping it above any Kingdom.

2.97.22

sa ca pramāṇaṃ dharmātmā rājā lokagurus tava
pitrā dattaṃ yathābhāgam upabhoktuṃ tvam arhasi

And that righteous king, the elder of the world, is your authority; you should enjoy the share given by your father accordingly.

Words: sa ca — and he; pramāṇaṃ — authority, standard; dharmātmā — righteous-souled; rājā — king; lokagurus — elder of the world; tava — your; pitrā — by the father; dattaṃ — given; yathābhāgam — according to the share; upabhoktuṃ — to enjoy; tvam arhasi — you should

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.