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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.14

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

2.65.14

tāṃ purīṃ puruṣavyāghraḥ saptarātroṣiṭaḥ pathi
ayodhyām agrato dṛṣṭvā rathe sārathim abravīt

Having lodged seven nights on the road, that tiger among men, seeing the city Ayodhyā before him, spoke from his chariot to the charioteer:

Words: tāṃ — that; purīṃ — city; puruṣavyāghraḥ — the tiger among men; saptarātroṣiṭaḥ — having lodged seven nights; pathi — on the road; ayodhyām — Ayodhyā; agrato — in front, ahead; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rathe — in the chariot; sārathim — the charioteer; abravīt — said

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.