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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.76.7

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 76: Return to Ayodhyā: The couples’ reception and married life. Rāma gives the bow to Varuṇa and comforts Daśaratha, Ayodhyā welcomes the couples and Rāma & Sītā grow in mutual affection

In the sequence: they enter a city of banners, music, watered roads, scattered flowers, and citizens calling blessings

1.76.7

rājapraveśasumukhaiḥ paurair maṅgalavādibhiḥ
saṃpūrṇāṃ prāviśad rājā janaughaiḥ samalaṃkṛtām

the king entered (the city) thronged with townsfolk glad-faced at their king's entry and uttering auspicious words, filled and adorned with multitudes of people.

Words: rājapraveśasumukhaiḥ — glad-faced at the king's entry; paurair — by townsfolk; maṅgalavādibhiḥ — uttering auspicious words; saṃpūrṇāṃ — filled, full; prāviśad — entered; rājā — the king; janaughaiḥ — with multitudes of people; samalaṃkṛtām — well adorned

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.