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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Worship before the abhiṣeka. Rāma worships Nārāyaṇa with Sītā, offers havis and eats its remainder, they sleep on kuśa as Ayodhyā celebrates

In the sequence: hearing that the couple have observed the upavāsa, the citizens renew their celebrations

2.6.10

tataḥ paurajanaḥ sarvaḥ śrutvā rāmābhiṣecanam
prabhātāṃ rajanīṃ dṛṣṭvā cakre śobhāṃ parāṃ punaḥ

Then all the townsfolk, hearing of Rāma's consecration and seeing that the night had brightened into dawn, again made supreme adornment.

Words: tataḥ — then; paurajanaḥ — the townsfolk; sarvaḥ — all; śrutvā — having heard; rāmābhiṣecanam — Rāma's consecration; prabhātāṃ — brightened into dawn; rajanīṃ — the night; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; cakre — made; śobhāṃ — adornment, splendour; parāṃ — supreme; punaḥ — again

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.