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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.5.24

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: he reports to Daśaratha that the preparations are complete, and the King retires to his inner apartments.

2.5.24

tad agryaveṣapramadājanākulaṃ mahendraveśmapratimaṃ niveśanam
vyadīpayaṃś cāru viveśa pārthivaḥ śaśīva tārāgaṇasaṃkulaṃ nabhaḥ

The king, beautifully illuminating that dwelling — crowded with a host of women in splendid attire and resembling the abode of great Indra — entered it, like the moon entering the sky thronged with the host of stars.

Words: tad — that; agryaveṣapramadājanākulaṃ — crowded with a host of women in splendid attire; mahendraveśmapratimaṃ — resembling the abode of great Indra; niveśanam — the dwelling; vyadīpayaṃś — illuminating; cāru — beautifully; viveśa — entered; pārthivaḥ — the king; śaśīva — like the moon; tārāgaṇasaṃkulaṃ — thronged with the host of stars; nabhaḥ — the sky

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.