Chapter 52 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 52.1

तत्र तां रजनीमुष्य केशिन्यां रघुनन्दनः। प्रभाते पुनरुत्थाय लक्ष्मणः प्रययौ तदा॥ ततोऽर्धदिवसे प्राप्ते प्रविवेश महारथः। अयोध्यां रत्नसंपूर्णां हृष्टपुष्टजनावृताम्॥

tatra tāṃ rajanīmuṣya keśinyāṃ raghunandanaḥ| prabhāte punarutthāya lakṣmaṇaḥ prayayau tadā|| tato'rdhadivase prāpte praviveśa mahārathaḥ| ayodhyāṃ ratnasaṃpūrṇāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtām||

English Meaning

Having spent the night on the banks of Kesini, the mighty car-warrior Lakşmaņa, got up early in the morning and again proceeded on his journey (home) and reached in the noon the city of Ayodhyā filled with various jewels and delighted and plump citizens.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)