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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.55
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.
2.16.55
sa rāmaḥ pitaraṃ kṛtvā kaikeyīṃ ca pradakṣiṇam
niṣkramyāntaḥpurāt tasmāt svaṃ dadarśa suhṛjjanam
Rāma, having circled his father and Kaikeyī to the right, came out from those inner apartments and saw his own group of friends.
Words: sa — he; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pitaraṃ — his father; kṛtvā — having made; kaikeyīṃ — Kaikeyī; ca — and; pradakṣiṇam — circumambulation to the right; niṣkramyāntaḥpurāt — coming out from the inner apartments; tasmāt — those; svaṃ — his own; dadarśa — saw; suhṛjjanam — group of friends
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.