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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.13

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 reaches Daśaratha's palace, dismisses the accompanying crowd, and enters the inner rooms → outside, the citizens wait happily for him to reappear.

2.15.13

sa sarvāḥ samatikramya kakṣyā daśarathātmajaḥ
saṃnivartya janaṃ sarvaṃ śuddhāntaḥpuram abhyagāt

The son of Daśaratha, passing through all the enclosures and sending back the whole crowd, went into the pure inner apartments.

Words: sa — he; sarvāḥ — all; samatikramya — having passed through; kakṣyā — the enclosures, courtyards; daśarathātmajaḥ — the son of Daśaratha; saṃnivartya — having turned back, sent back; janaṃ — the crowd, people; sarvaṃ — all, whole; śuddhāntaḥpuram — the pure inner apartments; abhyagāt — went to, entered

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.