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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.13

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: alarmed by this unfamiliar silence, Rāma asks whether he has offended him, whether he is ill, or whether something has happened to the family

2.16.13

kaccin na kiṃ cid bharate kumāre priyadarśane
śatrughne vā mahāsattve mātṝṇāṃ vā mamāśubham

“I hope no misfortune of mine has befallen prince Bharata, fair to behold, or the mighty Śatrughna, or any of my mothers.”

Words: kaccin — I hope (not); na — not; kiṃ cid — anything; bharate — concerning Bharata; kumāre — the prince; priyadarśane — fair to behold; śatrughne — concerning Śatrughna; vā — or; mahāsattve — of great strength; mātṝṇāṃ — of the mothers; vā — or; mamāśubham — any misfortune of mine

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.