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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.3

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

2.15.3

śobhamānam asaṃbādhaṃ taṃ rājapatham uttamam
saṃvṛtaṃ vividhaiḥ paṇyair bhakṣyair uccāvacair api

He passed along that splendid, unobstructed, excellent royal road, filled with wares of every kind and with foods high and low.

Words: śobhamānam — splendid, shining; asaṃbādhaṃ — unobstructed, uncrowded; taṃ — that; rājapatham — royal road; uttamam — excellent, best; saṃvṛtaṃ — filled, covered; vividhaiḥ — with various; paṇyair — with wares, merchandise; bhakṣyair — with foods, eatables; uccāvacair — high and low, of many sorts; api — also

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.