Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 82: Bharata Rejects Vasiṣṭha’s Request
Text 2.82.11

चरितब्रह्मचर्यस्य विद्यास्नातस्य धीमतः।
धर्मे प्रयतमानस्य को राज्यं मद्विधो हरेत्॥

carita-brahmacaryasya vidyā-snātasya dhīmataḥ
dharme prayatamānasya ko rājyaṁ mad-vidho haret

carita-brahmacaryasya = of one who has undergone brahmacarya; vidyā-snātasya = and graduated in Vedic studies; dhīmataḥ = who has understood the meaning of the Vedas; dharme prayatamānasya = and who has endeavored to carry out dharma as understood from the Vedas; kaḥ = how can a person subservient to the scriptures; rājyam = the kingdom; mat-vidhaḥ = like Me; haret = usurp.

How can a person subservient to the scriptures like Me usurp the kingdom of one who has undergone brahmacarya and graduated in Vedic studies, who has understood the meaning of the Vedas and who has endeavored to carry out dharma as understood from the Vedas?

“One who has undergone brahmacarya” indicates that [Rāma] had completed His residential training at His guru’s home. “Graduated in Vedic studies” indicates that He had undergone the ceremonial bath of graduation after having studied the entire Veda in accordance with the Smṛti: vedam adhītya snāyāt.

In the next text, Bharata describes the meaning of “a person [subservient to the scriptures] like Me.”