Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 5 Shloka 21

पुरोहितः priest (Vasistha), एवम् in this way, जनसम्बाधम् thronged with men, तं राजमार्गम् that highway, तं जनौघम् crowds of men, व्यूहन्निव like dividing (into two tracts), शनैः slowly, राजकुलम् royal palace, ययौ went.

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.