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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.16

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha. Priests and dignitaries gather with the sacred waters, the King fails to appear and Sumantra is sent for Rāma

In the sequence: when Daśaratha fails to appear, the gathering asks who will announce them, and Sumantra approaches the inner apartments

2.13.16

ayaṃ pṛcchāmi vacanāt sukham āyuṣmatām aham
rājñaḥ saṃpratibuddhasya yac cāgamanakāraṇam

“At (your) word, I here go to ask the now-awakened king after the welfare of you long-lived ones, and what the reason of your coming is.”

Words: ayaṃ — here (I); pṛcchāmi — I ask, inquire; vacanāt — at (your) word, by command; sukham — the welfare, well-being; āyuṣmatām — of you long-lived ones; aham — I; rājñaḥ — of the king; saṃpratibuddhasya — who has now awoken; yac — what; cāgamanakāraṇam — and the cause of coming

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.