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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.42
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 asks that Bharata be summoned and Daśaratha comforted → Kaikeyī presses him to leave quickly, saying the King will neither eat nor bathe until he has gone → Daśaratha collapses again, and Rāma helps him up
2.16.42
yāvat tvaṃ na vanaṃ yātaḥ purād asmād abhitvaran
pitā tāvan na te rāma snāsyate bhokṣyate 'pi vā
“Until you, hastening, have gone to the forest from this city, your father, O Rāma, will neither bathe nor eat.”
Words: yāvat — as long as, until; tvaṃ — you; na — not; vanaṃ — to the forest; yātaḥ — gone; purād — from the city; asmād — this; abhitvaran — hastening; pitā — father; tāvan — so long; na — not; te — your; rāma — O Rāma; snāsyate — will bathe; bhokṣyate — will eat; 'pi — either; vā — or
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.