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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.3.9

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: Sumantra fetches Rāma by chariot

2.3.9

mlecchāś cāryāś ca ye cānye vanaśailāntavāsinaḥ
upāsāṃ cakrire sarve taṃ devā iva vāsavam

barbarians and Aryans, and whatever others dwelt at the edges of forests and mountains — all of them waited upon him, as the gods upon Vāsava (Indra).

Words: mlecchāś — barbarians, foreigners; cāryāś ca — and Aryans; ye cānye — and whatever others; vanaśailāntavāsinaḥ — dwellers at the borders of forest and mountain; upāsāṃ cakrire — waited upon, attended; sarve — all; taṃ — him; devā iva — like the gods; vāsavam — Vāsava (Indra)

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.