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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.6

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: alarmed by this unfamiliar silence, Rāma asks whether he has offended him, whether he is ill, or whether something has happened to the family

2.16.6

ūrmi mālinam akṣobhyaṃ kṣubhyantam iva sāgaram
upaplutam ivādityam uktānṛtam ṛṣiṃ yathā

—like the imperturbable ocean, wreathed with waves, grown turbulent; like the sun in eclipse; like a seer who has uttered a falsehood—

Words: ūrmi mālinam — wreathed with waves; akṣobhyaṃ — imperturbable, unshakable; kṣubhyantam — growing turbulent, agitated; iva — like; sāgaram — the ocean; upaplutam — eclipsed, overwhelmed; ivādityam — like the sun; uktānṛtam — who has spoken untruth; ṛṣiṃ — a seer; yathā — like

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.