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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.16.9

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

2.16.9

anyadā māṃ pitā dṛṣṭvā kupito 'pi prasīdati
tasya mām adya saṃprekṣya kimāyāsaḥ pravartate

“At other times my father, even when angry, grows calm on seeing me; why then today does distress arise in him at the sight of me?”

Words: anyadā — at other times; māṃ — me; pitā — father; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; kupito — angry; 'pi — even; prasīdati — grows calm, is pleased; tasya — of him, his; mām — me; adya — today; saṃprekṣya — having looked upon; kimāyāsaḥ — what distress; pravartate — arises, comes forth

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.