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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.22

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: entering through the Vaijayanta gate, he notices further bad signs

2.65.22

dvāreṇa vaijayantena prāviśac chrāntavāhanaḥ
dvāḥsthair utthāya vijayaṃ pṛṣṭas taiḥ sahito yayau

With his mounts worn out he entered by the Vaijayanta gate; the gatekeepers rose and asked after his welfare, and he went on together with them.

Words: dvāreṇa — by the gate; vaijayantena — Vaijayanta (a named gate); prāviśac — entered; chrāntavāhanaḥ — with weary mounts; dvāḥsthair — by the gatekeepers; utthāya — having risen; vijayaṃ — (after his) welfare, victory; pṛṣṭas — asked; taiḥ — by them; sahito — accompanied; yayau — went

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.