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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.17

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: The chariot departs. Sumitrā counsels Lakṣmaṇa, crowds and parents follow, Daśaratha calls for a halt while Rāma urges Sumantra onward

In the sequence: crowds surround and follow the chariot, begging him to slow down so they can keep seeing Rāma

2.35.17

tataḥ sabālavṛddhā sā purī paramapīḍitā
rāmam evābhidudrāva gharmārtaḥ salilaṃ yathā

Then that city, with its children and old folk, sorely afflicted, rushed toward Rāma, as one tormented by heat rushes to water.

Words: tataḥ — then; sabālavṛddhā — with children and elders; sā — that; purī — city; paramapīḍitā — sorely afflicted; rāmam — Rāma; evābhidudrāva — indeed ran toward; gharmārtaḥ — tormented by heat; salilaṃ — to water; yathā — as, like

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.