People of Ayodhyā
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the people · citizens of Ayodhyā · men and women of the city · subjects · the citizens · the populace · townspeople
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The general citizenry of Ayodhyā who mourn Rāma's banishment and follow his chariot.
Even when the king and the circle of his friends were forcibly turned back, those who had followed Rāma's chariot would not themselves return.
The people of the king turned back after circumambulating Rāma — yet in their hearts, and in the rush of their tears, no human being turned back.
The people, deeply devoted to that great-souled Rāma of true valour, followed him as he set out for his forest sojourn.