Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa · 2.108.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: Back at Citrakūṭa, after Bharata's departure, Rāma notices the tapasvins exchanging worried looks and speaking about him

2.108.1

pratiprayāte bharate vasan rāmas tapovane
lakṣayām āsa sodvegam athautsukyaṃ tapasvinām

When Bharata had gone back, Rāma, dwelling in the penance-grove, noticed the agitation and, moreover, the anxiety of the ascetics.

Words: pratiprayāte bharate — when Bharata had departed; vasan — dwelling; rāmas — Rāma; tapovane — in the penance-grove; lakṣayām āsa — noticed, observed; sodvegam — (their) agitation; athautsukyaṃ — and then the anxiety; tapasvinām — of the ascetics

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.