Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.17

तदा ह्ययोध्यानिलयः सस्त्रीबालाकुलोजनः। रामाभिषेकमाकाङ्क्षनाकाङ्क्षनुदयं रवेः॥।

tadā hyayodhyānilayaḥ sastrībālākulojanaḥ| rāmābhiṣekamākāṅkṣanākāṅkṣanudayaṃ raveḥ|||

English Meaning

In the city of Ayodhyā men with women and children eagerly expected the rising of the sun (next day), and Răma's installation.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)