Chapter 3 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 3.12

आबध्यन्तां पताकाश्च राजमार्गश्च सिच्यताम्। सर्वे च तालापचरा गणिकाश्च स्वलंकृताः॥ कक्ष्यां द्वितीयामासाद्य तिष्ठन्तु नृपवेश्मनः।

ābadhyantāṃ patākāśca rājamārgaśca sicyatām| sarve ca tālāpacarā gaṇikāśca svalaṃkṛtāḥ|| kakṣyāṃ dvitīyāmāsādya tiṣṭhantu nṛpaveśmanaḥ|

English Meaning

And do you set up flags, and water the high ways, and let courtesans whose profession is music, adorning themselves stay in the second apartment of the king's residence.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)