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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.26

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.

2.6.26

te tu digbhyaḥ purīṃ prāptā draṣṭuṃ rāmābhiṣecanam
rāmasya pūrayām āsuḥ purīṃ jānapadā janāḥ

And those country-folk, having come to the city from the quarters to behold Rāma's consecration, filled Rāma's city.

Words: te — they; tu — and; digbhyaḥ — from the quarters; purīṃ — the city; prāptā — arrived; draṣṭuṃ — to behold; rāmābhiṣecanam — Rāma's consecration; rāmasya — of Rāma; pūrayām āsuḥ — filled; purīṃ — the city; jānapadā — country-folk; janāḥ — the people

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.