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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.80.20

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 80: Guha recounts Lakṣmaṇa’s vigil. Lakṣmaṇa refused sleep and feared for their parents, then crossed the Gaṅgā with Rāma & Sītā at dawn

In the sequence: he longed for all three travelers to return safely to Ayodhyā

2.80.20

gajāśvarathasaṃbādhāṃ tūryanādavināditām
sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām

thronged with elephants, horses, and chariots, resounding with the blare of trumpets, full of every blessing, crowded with joyous, well-fed people;

Words: gajāśvarathasaṃbādhāṃ — thronged with elephants, horses, and chariots; tūryanādavināditām — resounding with the blare of trumpets; sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ — full of all good things; hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulām — crowded with joyous, well-fed folk

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.