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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.77.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 77: Bharata’s march to the Gaṅgā. The Queens, army, priests, craftspeople and townspeople accompany him, the company camps before the river crossing

In the sequence: townspeople, merchants, craftspeople, physicians, performers, herdsmen, and many others join the expedition

2.77.10

ity evaṃ kathayantas te saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
pariṣvajānāś cānyonyaṃ yayur nāgarikās tadā

Telling such auspicious tales, greatly delighted, and embracing one another, the townsfolk then went along.

Words: ity evaṃ — thus; kathayantas — telling; te — they; saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ — greatly delighted; kathāḥ — tales; śubhāḥ — auspicious; pariṣvajānāś — embracing; cānyonyaṃ — and one another; yayur — went; nāgarikās — the townsfolk; tadā — then

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.