Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 5
एवं तज्जनसम्बाधं राजमार्गं पुरोहितः। व्यूहन्निव जनौघं तं शनै राजकुलं ययौ
evaṃ tajjanasambādhaṃ rājamārgaṃ purohitaḥ| vyūhanniva janaughaṃ taṃ śanai rājakulaṃ yayau
The priest (Vasistha), beholding the overcrowded highway forced his passage through the crowds of men dividing them into two tracts and slowly entered the royal palace.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Vasistha forces his passage through the crowds, dividing them to reach the palace. The image of the sage wading through a sea of people conveys the scale of the gathering. Even the king's priest must push through — the people have claimed the streets.
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