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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.3

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: After distributing their possessions, Rāma, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa set out on foot for Daśaratha's palace → the brothers carry their bows, already decorated with garlands by Sītā

2.30.3

tataḥ prāsādaharmyāṇi vimānaśikharāṇi ca
adhiruhya janaḥ śrīmān udāsīno vyalokayat

Then the prosperous folk, climbing up to the palace-mansions and the tops of the lofty houses, looked on listlessly.

Words: tataḥ — then; prāsādaharmyāṇi — the palace-mansions; vimānaśikharāṇi ca — and the tops of the tall houses; adhiruhya — having climbed up; janaḥ — the people; śrīmān — prosperous, splendid; udāsīno — listless, dejected; vyalokayat — gazed, looked on

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.