Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 20 Shloka 12

सः राम that Rama, तान् विप्रान् those brahmins, प्रणम्य having paid obeisance, तृतीयायाम् in the third courtyard, द्वाररक्षणतत्पराः vigilantly guarding the door, स्त्रियः women, वृद्धा: the old, तथा as also, बालाः young children, ददर्श saw.

Rama wished the brahmins and saw old men, women and children vigilantly guarding the door in the third courtyard.