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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.8

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

2.15.8

ato hi na priyataraṃ nānyat kiṃ cid bhaviṣyati
yathābhiṣeko rāmasya rājyenāmitatejasaḥ

For nothing else whatever will be dearer to them than this—the consecration to the kingship of Rāma of boundless splendour.

Words: ato — than this; hi — for; na — not; priyataraṃ — dearer; nānyat — nor anything else; kiṃ cid — whatever; bhaviṣyati — will be; yathābhiṣeko — namely the consecration; rāmasya — of Rāma; rājyenāmitatejasaḥ — to the kingship, of him of boundless splendour

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.