Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.12

प्रणम्य रामस्तान् वृद्धांस्तृतीयायां ददर्श सः। स्त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च द्वाररक्षणतत्पराः॥

praṇamya rāmastān vṛddhāṃstṛtīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ| striyo bālāśca vṛddhāśca dvārarakṣaṇatatparāḥ||

English Meaning

Having bowed down to them, Rāma saw in the third apartment, women, boys, and old men, all engaged in watching the gate.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)