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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.16

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

2.30.16

udyānāni parityajya kṣetrāṇi ca gṛhāṇi ca
ekaduḥkhasukhā rāmam anugacchāma dhārmikam

Abandoning gardens, fields and houses, sharing one and the same grief and joy with him, let us follow the righteous Rāma.

Words: udyānāni — gardens; parityajya — having abandoned; kṣetrāṇi ca — and fields; gṛhāṇi ca — and houses; ekaduḥkhasukhā — having grief and joy in common; rāmam — Rāma; anugacchāma — let us follow; dhārmikam — the righteous

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.