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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.9

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

2.6.9

kṛtopavāsaṃ tu tadā vaidehyā saha rāghavam
ayodhyā nilayaḥ śrutvā sarvaḥ pramudito janaḥ

Then, hearing that Rāghava together with Vaidehī had observed the fast, all the people whose home was Ayodhyā were delighted.

Words: kṛtopavāsaṃ — who had observed the fast; tu — and; tadā — then; vaidehyā — Vaidehī; saha — together with; rāghavam — Rāghava; ayodhyā — Ayodhyā; nilayaḥ — (whose) home; śrutvā — having heard; sarvaḥ — all; pramudito — delighted; janaḥ — 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.