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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.24

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha. Priests and dignitaries gather with the sacred waters, the King fails to appear and Sumantra is sent for Rāma

In the sequence: Sumantra proceeds through the decorated city to Rāma's crowded residence.

2.13.24

tato dadarśa ruciraṃ kailāsasadṛśaprabham
rāmaveśma sumantras tu śakraveśmasamaprabham

Then Sumantra beheld Rāma's lovely mansion, whose splendor was like Kailāsa's, radiant as the palace of Indra:

Words: tato — then; dadarśa — beheld, saw; ruciraṃ — lovely, radiant; kailāsasadṛśaprabham — with splendor like Kailāsa's; rāmaveśma — Rāma's mansion; sumantras — Sumantra; tu — and, but; śakraveśmasamaprabham — radiant as the palace of Indra (Śakra)

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.