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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.25

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: visitors arrive from the countryside until Ayodhyā is packed with people waiting to witness the ceremony.

2.6.25

evaṃvidhaṃ kathayatāṃ paurāṇāṃ śuśruvus tadā
digbhyo 'pi śrutavṛttāntāḥ prāptā jānapadā janāḥ

The country-folk, who had come having heard the news even from (all) the quarters, then listened to the townspeople speaking in this manner.

Words: evaṃvidhaṃ — in this manner; kathayatāṃ — of (them) speaking; paurāṇāṃ — of the townspeople; śuśruvus — heard; tadā — then; digbhyo — from the quarters; 'pi — even; śrutavṛttāntāḥ — having heard the news; prāptā — arrived; jānapadā — country-folk; janāḥ — the people

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.