Sri Rama tries to impress upon Bharata, who believed that Dasharatha was prompted by lustful attachment to his mother in making over the kingdom to him, that Dasharatha was compelled to do so because, in the first place, he had promised to Kaikeyi&#39;s father while marrying her that the latter&#39;s son alone would would succeed to the throne after Dasharatha&#39;s death, and secondly he was keen to repay the debt he owed to her for having come to his rescue in his encounter with the demons, and accordingly urges Bharata to assume the rulership of Ayodhya.
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Translation:

Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 108 "Jaabaalehe Rajaneetihih" (Book 2 Canto 108)

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