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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.5

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: they urge him to follow his ancestors' example and say that seeing him installed matters more than feasts or wealth

2.15.5

pitāmahair ācaritaṃ tathaiva prapitāmahaiḥ
adyopādāya taṃ mārgam abhiṣikto 'nupālaya

“That path followed by your grandfathers and likewise your great-grandfathers—taking it up this very day, once consecrated, uphold it!”

Words: pitāmahair — by grandfathers; ācaritaṃ — practised, followed; tathaiva — and just so; prapitāmahaiḥ — by great-grandfathers; adyopādāya — having taken it up this day; taṃ — that; mārgam — path, way; abhiṣikto — consecrated, anointed; 'nupālaya — uphold, guard

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.