Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 20: Kausalyā’s Lamentation
Text 2.20.12
प्रणम्य रामस्तान्वृद्धांस्तृतीयायां ददर्श सः।
स्त्रियो वृद्धाश्च बालाश्च द्वाररक्षणतत्पराः॥
praṇamya rāmas tān vṛddhāṁs tṛtīyāyāṁ dadarśa saḥ
striyo vṛddhāś ca bālāś ca dvāra-rakṣaṇa-tat-parāḥ
praṇamya = after offering His obeisances; rāmaḥ = Rāma; tān = unto those; vṛddhān = elders; tṛtīyāyām = by the third gate; dadarśa saḥ = noticed; striyaḥ = female; vṛddhāḥ = old; ca = and; bālāḥ ca = young; dvāra-rakṣaṇa-tat-parāḥ = gatekeepers.
After offering His obeisances unto those elders, Rāma noticed young and old female gatekeepers by the third gate.