Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 8: The Conversation Between Kaikeyī and Mantharā
Text 2.8.18
यथा मे भरतो मान्यस्तथा भूयोऽपि राघवः।
कौसल्यातोऽतिरिक्तं च सोऽनुशुश्रूषते हि माम्॥
yathā me bharato mānyas tathā bhūyo ’pi rāghavaḥ
kausalyāto ’tiriktaṁ ca so ’nuśuśrūṣate hi mām
yathā = just as; me = I; bharataḥ = Bharata; mānyaḥ = greatly value; tathā bhūyaḥ api = even more; rāghavaḥ = [I greatly value] Rāghava; kausalyātaḥ = [He serves] Kausalyā; atiriktam ca = more; saḥ = Rāma; anuśuśrūṣate = serves; hi = because; mām = me.
Just as I greatly value Bharata, [I greatly value] Rāghava even more because Rāma serves me more than [He serves] Kausalyā.