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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.106.22
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 106: Bharata returns without Rāma. Ayodhyā resembles an extinguished fire and deserted altar, he laments its emptiness and reaches Daśaratha’s residence
In the sequence: Bharata asks why the music, pleasant scents, traffic, horses, elephants, and well-dressed crowds of former days are gone
2.106.22
yānapravaraghoṣaś ca snigdhaś ca hayaniḥsvanaḥ
pramattagajanādaś ca mahāṃś ca rathaniḥsvanaḥ
nedānīṃ śrūyate puryām asyāṃ rāme vivāsite
The rumble of fine carriages, the gentle neighing of horses, the trumpeting of rutting elephants, and the great din of chariots — none of it is heard now in this city, with Rāma sent into exile.
Words: yānapravaraghoṣaś ca — and the rumble of fine carriages; snigdhaś ca — and gentle; hayaniḥsvanaḥ — the neighing of horses; pramattagajanādaś ca — and the trumpeting of rutting elephants; mahāṃś ca — and great; rathaniḥsvanaḥ — the din of chariots; nedānīṃ — not now; śrūyate — is heard; puryām asyāṃ — in this city; rāme vivāsite — Rāma being exiled
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.