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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.30
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 accepts immediately → he says that what hurts him is his father's inability to tell him directly: he would willingly give Bharata the Kingdom and everything else.
2.16.30
manyur na ca tvayā kāryo devi brūhi tavāgrataḥ
yāsyāmi bhava suprītā vanaṃ cīrajaṭādharaḥ
“You need feel no anger, O queen; declare it in your presence: I shall go—be well pleased—to the forest, wearing bark and matted hair.”
Words: manyur — anger; na — not; ca — and; tvayā — by you; kāryo — to be felt, to be made; devi — O queen; brūhi — declare, tell; tavāgrataḥ — in your presence; yāsyāmi — I shall go; bhava — be; suprītā — well pleased; vanaṃ — to the forest; cīrajaṭādharaḥ — wearing bark and matted hair
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.