Ramayana
तदा हि यत्कार्यमुपैति किञ्चिदुपायनं चोपहृतं महार्हम् । स पादुकाभ्यां प्रथमं निवेद्य चकार पश्चाद्भरतो यथावत् ॥ २-११५-२७
Whenever an issue, however small, arose, Bharata kept the sandals informed. Whenever a valuable gift was presented, he offered it to the sandals before he accepted it. ॥ 2-115-27॥
english translation
tadA hi yatkAryamupaiti kiJcidupAyanaM copahRtaM mahArham । sa pAdukAbhyAM prathamaM nivedya cakAra pazcAdbharato yathAvat ॥ 2-115-27
hk transliteration by Sanscript