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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.106.7
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: the narrative pauses over its emptiness through a series of comparisons: an extinguished fire, a defeated army, an abandoned altar, a damaged watering place, and a sky without its familiar lights
2.106.7
saphenāṃ sasvanāṃ bhūtvā sāgarasya samutthitām
praśāntamārutoddhūtāṃ jalormim iva niḥsvanām
like an ocean-wave that, having risen foaming and roaring, once the wind that raised it was stilled, fell silent;
Words: saphenāṃ — foaming; sasvanāṃ — resounding; bhūtvā — having become; sāgarasya — of the ocean; samutthitām — risen; praśāntamārutoddhūtāṃ — raised by the now-calmed wind; jalormim iva — like a water-wave; niḥsvanām — soundless
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.