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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.41.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 41: Rāma leaves the sleeping citizens. Sumantra lays misleading tracks, Rāma crosses the Tamasā with Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa before the followers wake

In the sequence: At the Tamasā, Rāma marks their first night away and thinks of the grieving city

2.41.4

adyāyodhyā tu nagarī rājadhānī pitur mama
sastrīpuṃsā gatān asmāñ śociṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Today the city of Ayodhyā, my father's capital, with its women and men, will surely grieve for us who have departed—there is no doubt.

Words: adyāyodhyā — today Ayodhyā; tu — indeed; nagarī — the city; rājadhānī — the capital; pitur — of father; mama — my; sastrīpuṃsā — with its women and men; gatān — gone; asmāñ — us; śociṣyati — will grieve; na — not; saṃśayaḥ — doubt

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.