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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.4

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: he asks their senior ṛṣi whether he, Lakṣmaṇa, or Sītā has behaved improperly

2.108.4

teṣām autsukyam ālakṣya rāmas tv ātmani śaṅkitaḥ
kṛtāñjalir uvācedam ṛṣiṃ kulapatiṃ tataḥ

Observing their anxiety, Rāma, apprehensive within himself, then with joined palms spoke this to the sage, the head of the community:

Words: teṣām — their; autsukyam — anxiety; ālakṣya — having observed; rāmas — Rāma; tv — but; ātmani — within himself; śaṅkitaḥ — apprehensive; kṛtāñjalir — with joined palms; uvācedam — spoke this; ṛṣiṃ — to the sage; kulapatiṃ — the head of the community; tataḥ — then

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.