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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.17

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

2.30.17

samuddhṛtanidhānāni paridhvastājirāṇi ca
upāttadhanadhānyāni hṛtasārāṇi sarvaśaḥ

With their buried treasures dug up, their courtyards laid waste, their wealth and grain removed, their valuables carried off entirely,

Words: samuddhṛtanidhānāni — with buried treasures dug up; paridhvastājirāṇi ca — and with ruined courtyards; upāttadhanadhānyāni — with wealth and grain taken away; hṛtasārāṇi — with valuables carried off; sarvaśaḥ — entirely, in every way

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.