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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.14
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
2.16.14
atoṣayan mahārājam akurvan vā pitur vacaḥ
muhūrtam api neccheyaṃ jīvituṃ kupite nṛpe
“Failing to please the great king, or failing to do my father's bidding, I would not wish to live even a moment while the king is angry.”
Words: atoṣayan — not pleasing, failing to satisfy; mahārājam — the great king; akurvan — not doing; vā — or; pitur — my father's; vacaḥ — word, command; muhūrtam — a moment; api — even; neccheyaṃ — I would not wish; jīvituṃ — to live; kupite — when angry; nṛpe — the king
Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.