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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.33.16

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Bark garments over Sītā’s silk. Rāma declines royal provisions and helps Sītā fasten her bark clothing, Daśaratha protests her humiliation

In the sequence: Daśaratha tells Kaikeyī that Rāma's exile should be enough and that Sītā need not be dressed in bark

2.33.16

evaṃ bruvantaṃ pitaraṃ rāmaḥ saṃprasthito vanam
avākśirasam āsīnam idaṃ vacanam abravīt

To his father, who spoke thus and sat with his head bowed low, Rāma, now setting out for the forest, said these words:

Words: evaṃ — thus; bruvantaṃ — speaking (acc.); pitaraṃ — to his father; rāmaḥ — Rāma; saṃprasthito — setting out; vanam — to the forest; avākśirasam — with head bowed down; āsīnam — seated; idaṃ — this; vacanam — word; abravīt — said

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.