Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.18

प्रजालंकारभूतं च जनस्यानन्दवर्धनम्। उत्सुकोऽभूज्जनो द्रष्टुं तमयोध्यामहोत्सवम्॥

prajālaṃkārabhūtaṃ ca janasyānandavardhanam| utsuko'bhūjjano draṣṭuṃ tamayodhyāmahotsavam||

English Meaning

And the people burnt to behold in Ayodhyā the august festivity, that was like to an ornament to the subjects, and that enhanced the joy of the people.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)