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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 65: Bharata reaches Ayodhyā. He hastens ahead of his company, finds the city silent and neglected and enters his father’s residence in alarm

In the sequence: after seven nights he sees Ayodhyā at dawn

2.65.13

vanaṃ ca samatītyāśu śarvaryām aruṇodaye
ayodhyāṃ manunā rājñā nirmitāṃ sa dadarśa ha

And swiftly passing beyond the forest, at the reddening dawn of night he beheld Ayodhyā, built by King Manu.

Words: vanaṃ — forest; ca — and; samatītyāśu — having quickly passed beyond; śarvaryām — in the night; aruṇodaye — at the rising of dawn; ayodhyāṃ — Ayodhyā; manunā — by Manu; rājñā — the king; nirmitāṃ — built, fashioned; sa — he; dadarśa — saw; ha — indeed

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.