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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.7
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
2.16.7
acintyakalpaṃ hi pitus taṃ śokam upadhārayan
babhūva saṃrabdhataraḥ samudra iva parvaṇi
—perceiving that almost inconceivable grief of his father, he grew more agitated, like the sea at the turn of the moon.
Words: acintyakalpaṃ — almost inconceivable; hi — indeed; pitus — of his father; taṃ — that; śokam — grief; upadhārayan — perceiving, considering; babhūva — became; saṃrabdhataraḥ — more agitated, perturbed; samudra — the sea; iva — like; parvaṇi — at the turn (new/full moon) of the month
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.