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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.35.23

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

2.35.23

mahaty eṣā hi te siddhir eṣa cābhyudayo mahān
eṣa svargasya mārgaś ca yad enam anugacchasi
evaṃ vadantas te soḍhuṃ na śekur bāṣpam āgatam

Great indeed is this attainment of yours, and this a great advancement, and this the very road to heaven, that you follow him — so speaking, they could not hold back the welling tears.

Words: mahaty — great; eṣā — this; hi — for, indeed; te — of you, your; siddhir — attainment, success; eṣa — this; cābhyudayo — and prosperity, advancement; mahān — great; eṣa — this; svargasya — of heaven; mārgaś ca — and the road, path; yad — that, in that; enam — him; anugacchasi — you follow; evaṃ — thus; vadantas — speaking; te — they; soḍhuṃ — to bear, hold back; na śekur — were not able; bāṣpam — tears; āgatam — come, welling up

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.