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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.5

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: people crowd the rooftops and contrast Rāma's former military escort with his present company of only his wife and brother

2.30.5

padātiṃ varjitacchatraṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā janāḥ
ūcur bahuvidhā vācaḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ

Seeing Rāma on foot and deprived of the royal parasol, the people then, their minds stricken with grief, uttered manifold words:

Words: padātiṃ — on foot; varjitacchatraṃ — deprived of the parasol; rāmaṃ — Rāma; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; tadā — then; janāḥ — the people; ūcur — said, uttered; bahuvidhā — manifold, of many kinds; vācaḥ — words; śokopahatacetasaḥ — their minds stricken with grief

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.