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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.24

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 people look unwashed, thin, and tearful → increasingly anxious, he enters his father's residence.

2.65.24

śrutā no yādṛśāḥ pūrvaṃ nṛpatīnāṃ vināśane
ākārās tān ahaṃ sarvān iha paśyāmi sārathe

“Such signs as we have formerly heard of at the destruction of kings — all those I see here, O charioteer.

Words: śrutā — heard; no — by us; yādṛśāḥ — of what kind, such as; pūrvaṃ — formerly; nṛpatīnāṃ — of kings; vināśane — at the destruction; ākārās — signs, tokens, appearances; tān — those; ahaṃ — I; sarvān — all; iha — here; paśyāmi — see; sārathe — O charioteer

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.