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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.51.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 51: Sumantra returns to Ayodhyā. Citizens surround the empty chariot, news of Rāma’s crossing renews their grief and Daśaratha collapses on receiving his message

In the sequence: covering his face, he drives to the palace and passes through the courtyards as the women wonder how he will speak to Kausalyā

2.51.15

so 'vatīrya rathāc chīghraṃ rājaveśma praviśya ca
kakṣyāḥ saptābhicakrāma mahājanasamākulāḥ

Descending quickly from the chariot and entering the royal residence, he passed through the seven courtyards thronged with a great multitude.

Words: so 'vatīrya — having descended; rathāc — from the chariot; chīghraṃ — quickly; rājaveśma — the royal residence; praviśya — having entered; ca — and; kakṣyāḥ — the courtyards, enclosures; saptābhicakrāma — passed through seven; mahājanasamākulāḥ — thronged with a great multitude

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.