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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.16

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: on his way back, Vasiṣṭha finds the streets swept, watered, decorated with flowers and flags, and crowded with people eager for sunrise

2.5.16

janavṛndormisaṃgharṣaharṣasvanavatas tadā
babhūva rājamārgasya sāgarasyeva nisvanaḥ

Then the sound of the royal road, resounding with the joyous roar of the clashing waves of crowds of people, became like that of the ocean.

Words: janavṛndormisaṃgharṣaharṣasvanavatas — possessing the joyous sound of the clashing waves of crowds of people; tadā — then; babhūva — became; rājamārgasya — of the royal road; sāgarasyeva — like that of the ocean; nisvanaḥ — the sound, roar

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.