Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 16: Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile · 2.16.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 16: Rāma accepts fourteen years of exile. Kaikeyī explains the boons, Rāma agrees, asks for Bharata’s return and leaves to speak to Kausalyā & Sītā

In the sequence: Rāma bows to Daśaratha and Kaikeyī, but his father can only say his name and weep

2.16.1

sa dadarśāsane rāmo niṣaṇṇaṃ pitaraṃ śubhe
kaikeyīsahitaṃ dīnaṃ mukhena pariśuṣyatā

Rāma saw his father seated on a fair couch together with Kaikeyī, dejected, his face wan and shrunken.

Words: sa — he; dadarśāsane — saw upon a seat; rāmo — Rāma; niṣaṇṇaṃ — seated; pitaraṃ — his father; śubhe — fair, beautiful (couch); kaikeyīsahitaṃ — together with Kaikeyī; dīnaṃ — dejected, wretched; mukhena — with his face; pariśuṣyatā — wan, shrivelling

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.