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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.10

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: he listens without becoming conceited, while the people's attention stays fixed on him even after he passes

2.15.10

na hi tasmān manaḥ kaś cic cakṣuṣī vā narottamāt
naraḥ śaknoty apākraṣṭum atikrānte 'pi rāghave

For no man could draw away his mind or his eyes from that best of men, even after Rāghava had passed by.

Words: na — not; hi — for; tasmān — from him; manaḥ — the mind; kaś cic — anyone; cakṣuṣī — the two eyes; vā — or; narottamāt — from the best of men; naraḥ — a man; śaknoty — is able; apākraṣṭum — to draw away; atikrānte — when he had passed by; 'pi — even; rāghave — Rāghava (had passed)

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.