Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.12

हृष्टनारीनरयुतं रामवेश्म तदा बभौ। यथा मत्तद्विजगणं प्रफुल्लनलिनं सरः॥

hṛṣṭanārīnarayutaṃ rāmaveśma tadā babhau| yathā mattadvijagaṇaṃ praphullanalinaṃ saraḥ||

English Meaning

At that time Răma's residence was filled with joyous men and women; and it was like to a lake containing lotuses and graced with maddened birds.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)