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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.15.9

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 listens without becoming conceited, while the people's attention stays fixed on him even after he passes

2.15.9

etāś cānyāś ca suhṛdām udāsīnaḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
ātmasaṃpūjanīḥ śṛṇvan yayau rāmo mahāpatham

Detached, hearing these and other auspicious words of his friends, words full of praise of himself, Rāma proceeded along the great highway.

Words: etāś — these; cānyāś — and other; ca — and; suhṛdām — of his friends; udāsīnaḥ — detached, indifferent; kathāḥ — words, talk; śubhāḥ — auspicious, fair; ātmasaṃpūjanīḥ — full of praise of himself; śṛṇvan — hearing; yayau — went, proceeded; rāmo — Rāma; mahāpatham — the great highway

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.