Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 96: Lakṣmaṇa Notices Bharata’s Army
Text 2.96.26
पूर्वापकारी भरतस्त्यक्तधर्मश्च राघव।
एतस्मिन्निहते कृत्स्नामनुशाधि वसुन्धराम्॥
pūrvāpakārī bharatas tyakta-dharmaś ca rāghava
etasmin nihate kṛtsnām anuśādhi vasundharām
pūrva-apakārī = has harmed You; bharataḥ = Bharata; tyakta-dharmaḥ = given up dharma; ca = and; rāghava = Rāghava; etasmin nihate = after He is killed; kṛtsnām = the entire; anuśādhi = You should rule over; vasundharām = world.
Rāghava, Bharata has harmed You and given up dharma. After He is killed, You should rule over the entire world.
[Lakṣmaṇa alleges that] because Bharata had given up dharma, He had harmed Rāma intentionally.