Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 15: Rāma enters the palace · 2.15.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 15: Rāma enters the palace. He passes through the celebrating city and enters Daśaratha’s inner rooms, the citizens wait for his return

In the sequence: Rāma passes along the decorated royal road, acknowledging the people's greetings

2.15.1

sa rāmo ratham āsthāya saṃprahṛṣṭasuhṛjjanaḥ
apaśyan nagaraṃ śrīmān nānājanasamākulam

That illustrious Rāma, mounting the chariot, his friends thoroughly delighted, beheld the city thronged with people of every kind.

Words: sa — that; rāmo — Rāma; ratham — the chariot; āsthāya — having mounted; saṃprahṛṣṭasuhṛjjanaḥ — his kinsfolk thoroughly delighted; apaśyan — beheld, saw; nagaraṃ — the city; śrīmān — illustrious, glorious; nānājanasamākulam — thronged with people of every kind

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.