Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.16

सिक्तसम्मृष्टरथ्या हि तथा च वनमालिनी। आसीदयोध्या तदहः समुच्छ्रितगृहध्वजा॥

siktasammṛṣṭarathyā hi tathā ca vanamālinī| āsīdayodhyā tadahaḥ samucchritagṛhadhvajā||

English Meaning

The streets were cleared and washed and hung with garlands, and that day Ayodhya had her dwellings furnished with upraised flagstaffs.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)