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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.16

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: the silence alarms him: the usual crowds, traffic, festivities, and lively gardens are absent

2.65.16

yajvabhir guṇasaṃpannair brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ
bhūyiṣṭham ṛṣhair ākīrṇā rājarṣivarapālitā

usually thronged with sacrificers, with virtuous brahmins versed in the Vedas, and with seers, and guarded by the best of royal sages —

Words: yajvabhir — by sacrificers; guṇasaṃpannair — endowed with virtues; brāhmaṇair — by brahmins; vedapāragaiḥ — masters of the Vedas; bhūyiṣṭham — for the most part, usually; ṛṣhair — by seers; ākīrṇā — thronged, filled; rājarṣivarapālitā — guarded by the best of royal sages

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.