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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.65.28

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.

2.65.28

bahūni paśyan manaso 'priyāṇi yāny annyadā nāsya pure babhūvuḥ
avākśirā dīnamanā nahṛṣṭaḥ pitur mahātmā praviveśa veśma

Seeing many things unwelcome to his heart, such as had never been in this city before, the great-souled one, head bowed, dejected in mind and joyless, entered his father's dwelling.

Words: bahūni — many; paśyan — seeing; manaso — to the mind; 'priyāṇi — unwelcome things; yāny — which; annyadā — at another time, formerly; nāsya — not of this; pure — in the city; babhūvuḥ — had been; avākśirā — head bowed; dīnamanā — dejected in mind; nahṛṣṭaḥ — joyless, not glad; pitur — of the father; mahātmā — the great-souled one; praviveśa — entered; veśma — the dwelling, house

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.