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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.22

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: she recounts the two boons and tells him that Bharata will receive the Kingdom while he must spend fourteen years in Daṇḍaka, dressed as a tapasvin

2.16.22

tatra me yācito rājā bharatasyābhiṣecanam
gamanaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye tava cādyaiva rāghava

“Thereupon the king was asked by me for the consecration of Bharata, and for your departure this very day to the Daṇḍaka forest, O Rāghava.

Words: tatra — thereupon, there; me — by me; yācito — was asked; rājā — the king; bharatasyābhiṣecanam — for the consecration of Bharata; gamanaṃ — departure, going; daṇḍakāraṇye — to the Daṇḍaka forest; tava — your; cādyaiva — and this very day; rāghava — O Rāghava

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.