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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.30.6

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

2.30.6

yaṃ yāntam anuyāti sma caturaṅgabalaṃ mahat
tam ekaṃ sītayā sārdham anuyāti sma lakṣmaṇaḥ

He whom, as he went, a great army of four divisions used to follow — him now, alone, only Lakṣmaṇa follows, along with Sītā.

Words: yaṃ — whom; yāntam — going; anuyāti sma — used to follow; caturaṅgabalaṃ — the four-limbed army; mahat — great; tam ekaṃ — him alone; sītayā sārdham — together with Sītā; anuyāti sma — follows; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa

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.