Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.30

अचिरप्रोषितं रामं चिरविप्रोषितं यथा। द्रष्टुकामो जनः सर्वो जगाम सहसाश्रमम्॥

aciraproṣitaṃ rāmaṃ ciraviproṣitaṃ yathā| draṣṭukāmo janaḥ sarvo jagāma sahasāśramam||

English Meaning

And eager to behold Rāma staying away for a short time though seeming to do so for a long period, all the men at once went to the hermitage.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)