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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.32

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 3: Rāma’s abhiṣeka announced. Daśaratha orders preparations and counsels Rāma on self-restraint, ministers and the welfare of his subjects

In the sequence: messengers bring the news to Kausalyā, who rewards them with gold, cattle, and jewels → Rāma returns home, and the delighted citizens disperse to worship the Devas.

2.3.32

te cāpi paurā nṛpater vacas tac chrutvā tadā lābham iveṣṭam āpya
narendram āmantya gṛhāṇi gatvā devān samānarcur atīva hṛṣṭāḥ
narendram āmantya gṛhāṇi gatvā
devān samānarcur atīva hṛṣṭāḥ

And those townsfolk too, on hearing that speech of the king, as if they had gained a wished-for prize, took leave of the king, went to their homes, and, greatly delighted, worshipped the gods.

Words: te cāpi — and they too; paurā — the townsfolk; nṛpater — of the king; vacas — speech, words; tac — that; chrutvā — having heard; tadā — then; lābham — a gain, prize; iveṣṭam — as if wished-for; āpya — having obtained; narendram — the king, lord of men; āmantya — having taken leave of; gṛhāṇi — the houses, homes; gatvā — having gone; devān — the gods; samānarcur — worshipped, honoured; atīva — exceedingly; hṛṣṭāḥ — delighted, thrilled

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.