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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 5: Vasiṣṭha prepares the upavāsa. He establishes Rāma & Sītā’s fast with sacred formulas and reports to Daśaratha as Ayodhyā decorates its streets

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha establishes the upavāsa with the prescribed prayers and leaves; Rāma dismisses his friends and goes indoors

2.5.13

hṛṣṭanārī narayutaṃ rāmaveśma tadā babhau
yathā mattadvijagaṇaṃ praphullanalinaṃ saraḥ

Rāma's house then, filled with joyful women and with men, shone like a lake of full-blown lotuses filled with flocks of exultant birds.

Words: hṛṣṭanārī — (having) joyful women; narayutaṃ — joined with men; rāmaveśma — Rāma's house; tadā — then; babhau — shone; yathā — like; mattadvijagaṇaṃ — having flocks of exultant birds; praphullanalinaṃ — with full-blown lotuses; saraḥ — a lake

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.