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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.6

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

2.15.6

yathā sma lālitāḥ pitrā yathā pūrvaiḥ pitāmahaiḥ
tataḥ sukhataraṃ sarve rāme vatsyāma rājani

“Just as we were cherished by our father and by our forefathers the grandsires, even more happily than that shall we all live when Rāma is king.”

Words: yathā — just as; sma — (past particle); lālitāḥ — cherished, fondled; pitrā — by our father; yathā — as; pūrvaiḥ — by our forefathers; pitāmahaiḥ — the grandsires; tataḥ — than that; sukhataraṃ — more happily; sarve — all of us; rāme — under Rāma; vatsyāma — we shall live, dwell; rājani — as king

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.