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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.26

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.

2.65.26

ity evam uktvā bharataḥ sūtaṃ taṃ dīnamānasaḥ
tāny aniṣṭāny ayodhyāyāṃ prekṣya rājagṛhaṃ yayau

Having spoken thus to the charioteer, Bharata, dejected at heart, observing those ill omens in Ayodhyā, went on to the royal residence.

Words: ity — thus; evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; bharataḥ — Bharata; sūtaṃ — the charioteer; taṃ — that; dīnamānasaḥ — dejected at heart; tāny — those; aniṣṭāny — ill, inauspicious (omens); ayodhyāyāṃ — in Ayodhyā; prekṣya — having observed; rājagṛhaṃ — the royal residence; 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.