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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: The walk to Daśaratha’s palace. Seeing Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa without royal honours, citizens propose leaving Ayodhyā to follow them

In the sequence: some propose taking their families and possessions after him, leaving Kaikeyī an empty city → wherever Rāma lives, they say, will become their city, while abandoned Ayodhyā becomes a forest

2.30.15

te lakṣmaṇa iva kṣipraṃ sapatnyaḥ sahabāndhavāḥ
gacchantam anugacchāmo yena gacchati rāghavaḥ

Let us, like Lakṣmaṇa, quickly follow him with our wives and kinsmen as he goes, by whatever way Rāghava goes.

Words: te — we (these); lakṣmaṇa iva — like Lakṣmaṇa; kṣipraṃ — quickly; sapatnyaḥ — with our wives; sahabāndhavāḥ — with our kinsmen; gacchantam — him as he goes; anugacchāmo — let us follow; yena — by which way; gacchati — goes; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava

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.