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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.57
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.
2.16.57
ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ kṛtvā rāmaḥ pradakṣiṇam
śanair jagāma sāpekṣo dṛṣṭiṃ tatrāvicālayan
Having reverently circled the vessels prepared for the consecration, Rāma went slowly away, still regarding them, not withdrawing his gaze from there.
Words: ābhiṣecanikaṃ — pertaining to the consecration; bhāṇḍaṃ — the vessels, articles; kṛtvā — having made; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pradakṣiṇam — circumambulation to the right; śanair — slowly; jagāma — went; sāpekṣo — with lingering regard; dṛṣṭiṃ — his gaze, sight; tatrāvicālayan — not withdrawing (his gaze) from there
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.