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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.54

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: he bows to both parents, walks respectfully around them and the vessels prepared for his abhiṣeka, and leaves → Lakṣmaṇa follows in tears and anger, while Rāma controls his own grief and goes to his mother's still-celebrating household.

2.16.54

vanditvā caraṇau rāmo visaṃjñasya pitus tadā
kaikeyyāś cāpy anāryāyā niṣpapāta mahādyutiḥ

Having bowed to the feet of his swooning father, and of the ignoble Kaikeyī too, Rāma of great splendour then went forth.

Words: vanditvā — having bowed to; caraṇau — the feet; rāmo — Rāma; visaṃjñasya — of the unconscious one; pitus — of his father; tadā — then; kaikeyyāś — of Kaikeyī; cāpy — and also; anāryāyā — the ignoble; niṣpapāta — went forth, departed; mahādyutiḥ — of great splendour

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.