Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.73

2.73

Then, persuaded by those two—Sumitrā and Kausalyā—as well as by the women of the inner apartments, Bharata retired to his palace.
Then, when the funeral rites had been performed according to sacred injunction and the fourteenth day had elapsed, the ministers, along with the royal priest who acted for the welfare of the solar dynasty and the elders of the city, approached him and begged him to assume the crown.
Then, as they insisted, he replied to them:
“What is the use of saying much here? Abandoning the conduct of Saumitri, I would even wear the crown, for your command is indeed to be honored— / if only there were no place suitable for a leaf-hut for me anywhere in the vast Daṇḍakā forest!” 73